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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.161

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.161

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.161)

bhrāmarī ganḍamālī ca śvitry atho piśunas tathā  
unmatto 'ndhaś ca varjyāḥ syur vedanindaka eva ca //

> An epileptic man, who suffers from scrofulous swellings of the glands, one afflicted with white leprosy, an informer, a madman, a blind man, and he who cavils at the Veda must (all) be avoided.  
> — 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.3.161) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.161) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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