[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) › 3.25 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.25 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.25 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.25) pañcānāṃ tu trayo dharmyā dvāv adharmyau smṛtāv iha paiśācaś cāsuraś caiva na kartavyau kadā cana // > But in these (Institutes of the sacred law) three of the five (last) are declared to be lawful and two unlawful; the Paisaka and the Asura (rites) must never be used. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.24) - [Next: 3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.26) - [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.3.25) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.25) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.44.9) — Sanskrit - [Saṃskāraratnamālā (Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskararatnamala.33.p1.19) — Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka, Sanskrit - [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.2.p7.6) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.25) · Pramāṇa