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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.20

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.20)

caturṇām api varṇānaṃ pretya ceha hitāhitān  
aṣṭāv imān samāsena strīvivāhān nibodhata //

> Now listen to (the) brief (description of) the following eight marriage-rites used by the four castes (varna) which partly secure benefits and partly produce evil both in this life and after death.  
> — 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.3.20) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.20) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (5)

- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.3.p77) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.31.p201) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Caturvargacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.caturvargacintamani.124.p41) — Hemādri, Sanskrit
- [Ṣoḍaśamahādānavidhi (Hemādri)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.mahadana.sodasamahadanavidhi-hemadri.124.p41) — Hemādri, Sanskrit
- [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.5.p2) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit

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