[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) › 3.132 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.132 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.132 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.132) jñānotkṛṣṭāya deyāni kavyāni ca havīṃṣi ca na hi hastāv asṛgdigdhau rudhireṇaiva śudhyataḥ // > Food sacred to the manes or to the gods must be given to a man distinguished by sacred knowledge; for hands, smeared with blood, cannot be cleansed with blood. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.131) - [Next: 3.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.133) - [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.3.132) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.132) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.132) · Pramāṇa