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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.221

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.221

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.221](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.221)

pitā yasya syāj jīvec cāpi pitāmahaḥ  
pituḥ sa nāma saṅkīrtya kīrtayet prapitāmaham //

> But he whose father is dead, while his grandfather lives, shall, after pronouncing his father's name, mention (that of) his great-grandfather.  
> — 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.3.221) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.221) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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