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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.241

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.241

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.241](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.241)

ghrāṇena hanti pakṣavātena kukkuṭaḥ  
śvā tu dṛṣṭinipātena sparśeṇāvaravarṇajaḥ //

> A boar makes (the rite) useless by inhaling the smell (of the offerings), a cock by the air of his wings, a dog by throwing his eye (on them), a low-caste man by touching (them).  
> — 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.3.241) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.241) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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