[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 3.239 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.239 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.239 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.239) cāṇḍālaś ca varāhaś ca kukkuṭaḥ śvā tathaiva ca rajasvalā ca ṣaṇḍhaś ca nekṣerann aśnato dvijān // > A Kandala, a village pig, a cock, a dog, a menstruating woman, and a eunuch must not look at the Brahmanas while they eat. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.238) - [Next: 3.240](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.240) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.239) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.239) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Ācāraratna (Maṇirāma)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.bhatta.acararatna.3.80) — Maṇirāma 1630, Sanskrit - [Anūpavilāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.anupavilasa.3.80) — Maṇirāma 1665, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.239) · Pramāṇa