[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) › 3.31 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.31 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.31) jñātibhyo draviṇaṃ dattvā kanyāyai caiva śaktitaḥ kanyāpradānaṃ svācchandyād āsuro dharma ucyate // > When (the bridegroom) receives a maiden, after having given as much wealth as he can afford, to the kinsmen and to the bride herself, according to his own will, that is called the Asura rite. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.30) - [Next: 3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.32) - [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.3.31) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.31) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (4) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.3.p125) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Śivatattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.sivatattvaratnakara.28.20) — Basappa Nāyaka 1684, Sanskrit - [Śivattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.pasu.sivattvaratnakara.28.20) — Basava, Sanskrit - [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.5.p41) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.31) · Pramāṇa