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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.34

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.34

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.34)

suptāṃ mattāṃ pramattāṃ vā raho yatropagacchati  
sa pāpiṣṭho vivāhānāṃ 'dhamaḥ //

> When (a man) by stealth seduces a girl who is sleeping, intoxicated, or disordered in intellect, that is the eighth, the most base and sinful rite of the Pisakas.  
> — 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.3.34) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.34.1) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (4)

- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.3.p158) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Śivatattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.sivatattvaratnakara.28.23) — Basappa Nāyaka 1684, Sanskrit
- [Śivattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.pasu.sivattvaratnakara.28.23) — Basava, Sanskrit
- [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.5.p64) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit

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