[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) › 3.130 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.130 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.130 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.130) dūrād eva parīkṣeta brāhmaṇaṃ vedapāragam tīrthaṃ tad dhavyakavyānāṃ pradāne so 'tithiḥ smṛtaḥ // > Let him make inquiries even regarding the remote (ancestors of) a Brahmana who has studied an entire (recension of the) Veda; > (if descended from a virtuous race) such a man is a worthy recipient of gifts (consisting) of food offered to the gods or to the manes, he is declared (to procure as great rewards as) a guest (atithi). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.129) - [Next: 3.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.131) - [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.3.130) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.130) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.21.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.45.102) — Sanskrit - [Śabdakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.sabdakalpadruma.275.p1.1) — Rājā Sir Rādhākānta Deb, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.130) · Pramāṇa