[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) › 3.35 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.35 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.35 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.35) adbhir eva dvijāgryāṇāṃ kanyādānaṃ viśiṣyate itareṣāṃ tu varṇānām itaretarakāmyayā // > The gift of daughters among Brahmanas is most approved, (if it is preceded) by (a libation of) water; but in the case of other castes (it may be performed) by (the expression of) mutual consent. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.34) - [Next: 3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.36) - [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.3.35) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.35) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.35) · Pramāṇa