[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 2.43 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.43 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.43 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.43) muñjālābhe tu kartavyāḥ kuśāśmantakabalvajaiḥ trivṛtā granthinaikena tribhiḥ pañcabhir eva vā // > If Munga grass (and so forth) be not procurable, (the girdles) may be made of Kusa, Asmantaka, and Balbaga (fibres), with a single threefold knot, or with three or five (knots according to the custom of the family). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.42) - [Next: 2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.44) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.2.43) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.43) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.1.1.32) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.43) · Pramāṇa