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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.166

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.166

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.166)

aurabhriko māhiṣikaḥ parapūrvāpatis tathā  
pretaniryāpakaś caiva varjanīyāḥ prayatnataḥ //

> A shepherd, a keeper of buffaloes, the husband of a remarried woman, and a carrier of dead bodies, (all these) must be carefully 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.3.166) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.166) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.5.146.165) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.16.205.71) — Sanskrit

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