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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.283

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.283

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.283](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.283)

yad eva tarpayaty adbhiḥ pitṝn snātvā dvijottamaḥ  
tenaiva kṛtsnam āpnoti pitṛyajñakriyāphalam //

> Even when a Brahmana, after bathing, satisfies the manes with water, he obtains thereby the whole reward for the performance of the (daily) Sraddha.  
> — 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.3.283) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kṛtyasārasamuccaya (Amṛtanātha Jhā Śarman)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.krtyasarasamuccaya.2.p197) — Amṛtanātha Jhā Śarman 1800, Sanskrit

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