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Manava Dharmashastra 3.102

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.102

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Sanskrit

3.102

ekarātraṃ tu nivasann atithir brāhmaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ
anityaṃ hi sthito yasmāt tasmād atithir ucyate //

But a Brahmana who stays one night only is declared to be a guest (atithi); for because he stays (sthita) not long (anityam), he is called atithi (a guest).

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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