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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.10

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.10

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.10)

avyaṅgāṅgīṃ saumyanāmnīṃ haṃsavāraṇagāminīm  
tanulomakeśadaśanāṃ mṛdvaṅgīm udvahet striyam //

> Let him wed a female free from bodily defects, who has an agreeable name, the (graceful) gait of a Hamsa or of an elephant, a moderate (quantity of) hair on the body and on the head, small teeth, and soft limbs.  
> — 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.3.10) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.10) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Lakṣaṇaprakāśa (Mitramiśra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.laksanaprakasa.1.p129) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit

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