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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.2

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.2)

vedān adhītya vedau vā vedaṃ vāpi yathākramam  
aviplutabrahmacaryo gṛhasthāśramam āvaset //

> (A student) who has studied in due order the three Vedas, or two, or even one only, without breaking the (rules of) studentship, shall enter the order of householders.  
> — 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.3.2) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.2) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.2.p274) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.1.p7) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit
- [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.2.p5.13) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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