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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.250

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.250

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.250](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.250)

śrāddhabhug vṛṣalītalpaṃ tad ahar yo 'dhigacchati  
tasyāḥ purīṣe taṃ māsaṃ pitaras tasya śerate //

> If the partaker of a Sraddha (-dinner) enters on the same day the bed of a Sudra female, the manes of his (ancestors) will lie during that month in her ordure.  
> — 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.3.250) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.250) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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