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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.13

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.13)

śūdraiva bhāryā śūdrasya sā ca svā ca viśaḥ smṛte  
te ca svā caiva rājñaś ca tāś ca svā cāgrajanmanaḥ //

> It is declared that a Sudra woman alone (can be) the wife of a Sudra, she and one of his own caste (the wives) of a Vaisya, those two and one of his own caste (the wives) of a Kshatriya, those three and one of his own caste (the wives) of a Brahmana.  
> — 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.3.13) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.13) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Śabdakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.sabdakalpadruma.219.3.p1) — Rājā Sir Rādhākānta Deb, Sanskrit

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