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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.102

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.102

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.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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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.102) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.102) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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