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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.42

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.42

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.42)

mauñjī trivṛt samā ślakṣṇā kāryā viprasya mekhalā  
kṣatriyasya tu maurvī jyā vaiśyasya śaṇatāntavī //

> The girdle of a Brahmana shall consist of a of a triple cord of Munga grass, smooth and soft; (that) of a Kshatriya, of a bowstring, made of Murva fibres; (that) of a Vaisya, of hempen threads.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.2.42) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.42) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (5)

- [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.12.14) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra (ed. W. Caland, Lahore 1925, with the commentary extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka*caland.40.1.13) — Sanskrit
- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.1.p406) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.2.p4) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit
- [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.1.31.p1.8) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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