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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.14

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.14)

na brāhmaṇakṣatriyayor āpady api hi tiṣṭhatoḥ  
kasmiṃś cid api vṛttānte śūdrā bhāryopadiśyate //

> A Sudra woman is not mentioned even in any (ancient) story as the (first) wife of a Brahmana or of a Kshatriya, though they lived in the (greatest) distress.  
> — 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.3.14) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.14) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.2.p347) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.31.p95) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.3.p12) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit

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