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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.27

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.27

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.27)

ācchādya cārcayitvā ca śrutaśīlavate svayam  
āhūya dānaṃ kanyāyā brāhmo dharmaḥ prakīrtitaḥ //

> The gift of a daughter, after decking her (with costly garments) and honouring (her by presents of jewels), to a man learned in the Veda and of good conduct, whom (the father) himself invites, is called the Brahma rite.  
> — 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.3.27) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.27) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (5)

- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.3.p93) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Śivatattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.sivatattvaratnakara.28.16) — Basappa Nāyaka 1684, Sanskrit
- [Śivattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.pasu.sivattvaratnakara.28.16) — Basava, Sanskrit
- [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.31.p203) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.5.p14) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit

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