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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.56

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.56

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.56)

nocchiṣṭaṃ kasya cid dadyān nādyād etat tathāntarā  
na caivātyaśanaṃ kuryān na cocchiṣṭaḥ kva cid vrajet //

> Let him not give to any man what he leaves, and beware of eating between (the two meal-times); let him not over-eat himself, nor go anywhere without having purified himself (after his meal).  
> — 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.2.56) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.56) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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