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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.223

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.223

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.223](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.223)

teṣāṃ dattvā tu hasteṣu sapavitraṃ tilodakam  
tatpiṇḍāgraṃ svadhaiṣām astv iti bruvan //

> Having poured water mixed with sesamum, in which a blade of Kusa grass has been placed, into the hands of the (guests), he shall give (to each) that (above-mentioned) portion of the cake, saying, 'To those, Svadha!'  
> — 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.3.223) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.223) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.6.1.222) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

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