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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.284

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.284

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.284](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.284)

vasūn vadanti tu pitṝn rudrāṃś caiva pitāmahān  
prapitāmahāṃs tathādityān śrutir eṣā sanātanī //

> They call (the manes of) fathers Vasus, (those of) grandfathers Rudras, and (those of) great-grandfathers Adityas; thus (speaks) the eternal Veda.  
> — 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.3.284) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.19.3) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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