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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.219

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.219

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.219](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.219)

mātrāṃ samādāyānupūrvaśaḥ  
tān eva viprān āsīnān vidhivat pūrvam āśayet //

> But taking successively very small portions from the cakes, he shall make those seated Brahmana eat them, in accordance with the rule, before (their dinner).  
> — 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.3.219) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.219) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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