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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.21

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.21

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.21)

brāhmo daivas tathaivārṣaḥ prājāpatyas tathāsuraḥ  
gāndharvo rākṣasaś caiva paiśācaś cāṣṭamo 'dhamaḥ //

> (They are) the rite of Brahman (Brahma), that of the gods (Daiva), that of the Rishis (Arsha), that of Pragapati (Pragapatya), that of the Asuras (Asura), that of the Gandharvas (Gandharva), that of the Rhashasas (Rakshasa), and that of the Pisakas (Paisaka).  
> — 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.3.21) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.21) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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