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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.183

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.183

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.183)

paṅktiḥ pāvyate yair dvijottamaiḥ  
tān nibodhata kārtsnyena dvijāgryān paṅktipāvanān //

> Now hear by what chief of twice-born men a company defiled by (the presence of) unworthy (guests) is purified, and the full (description of) the Brahmanas who sanctify a company.  
> — 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.3.183) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.183) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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