[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) › 3.11 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.11 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.11) yasyās tu na bhaved bhrātā na vijñāyeta pitā nopayaccheta tāṃ prājñaḥ putrikādharmaśaṅkayā // > But a prudent man should not marry (a maiden) who has no brother, nor one whose father is not known, through fear lest (in the former case she be made) an appointed daughter (and in the latter) lest (he should commit) sin. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.10) - [Next: 3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.12) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.11) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.11) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.11) · Pramāṇa