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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.187

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.187

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.187)

pūrvedyur aparedyur vā śrāddhakarmaṇy upasthite  
tryavarān samyag viprān yathoditān //

> On the day before the Sraddha-rite is performed, or on the day when it takes place, let him invite with due respect at least three Brahmanas, such as have been mentioned above.  
> — 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.3.187) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.187) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.5.146.186) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Śrāddhacandrikā (Divākarabhaṭṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p29) — Divākarabhaṭṭa 1655, Sanskrit

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