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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.188

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.188

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.188)

nimantrito dvijaḥ pitrye niyatātmā bhavet sadā  
na ca chandāṃsy adhīyīta yasya śrāddhaṃ ca tad bhavet //

> A Brahmana who has been invited to a (rite) in honour of the manes shall always control himself and not recite the Veda, and he who performs the Sraddha (must act in the same manner).  
> — 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.3.188) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.188) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Gadādharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.gadadharapaddhati.21.p72) — Gadādhara Rājaguru 1725, Sanskrit
- [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.muhurta.kala.kalasara.18.p63) — Nārāyaṇa Jyotirvit, Sanskrit
- [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.kalasara.18.p63) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit

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