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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.128

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.128

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.128)

śrotriyāyaiva deyāni havyakavyāni dātṛbhiḥ  
arhattamāya viprāya tasmai dattaṃ mahāphalam //

> Oblations to the gods and manes must be presented by the givers to a Srotriya alone; what is given to such a most worthy Brahmana yields great reward.  
> — 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.3.128) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.128) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.5.124.127) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Nṛsiṃhaprasāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.nrsimhaprasada.p47) — Dalapatirāja 1511, Sanskrit

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