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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.232-233

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.232-233

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.232](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.232)

svādhyāyaṃ śrāvayet pitrye dharmaśāstrāṇi caiva hi  
ākhyānānītihāsāṃś ca purāṇāni khilāni ca //

> At a (sacrifice in honour) of the manes, he must let (his guests) hear the Veda, the Institutes of the sacred law, legends, tales, Puranas, and Khilas.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

### [3.233](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.233)

harṣayed brāhmaṇāṃs tuṣṭo bhojayec ca śanaiḥśanaiḥ  
annādyenāsakṛc caitān guṇaiś ca paricodayet //

> Himself being delighted, let him give delight to the Brahmanas, cause them to partake gradually and slowly (of each dish), and repeatedly invite (them to eat) by (offering) the food and (praising) its qualities.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.232) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.232) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.6.1.232) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (4)

- [Gadādharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.gadadharapaddhati.21.p177) — Gadādhara Rājaguru 1725, Sanskrit
- [Śrāddhakaumudī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.mithila_bengal.sraddhakaumudi.5.p26) — Govindānanda 1500, Sanskrit
- [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.muhurta.kala.kalasara.18.p182) — Nārāyaṇa Jyotirvit, Sanskrit
- [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.kalasara.18.p182) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit

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