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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.45

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.45

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.45)

ṛtukālābhigāmī syāt svadāranirataḥ sadā  
parvavarjaṃ vrajec caināṃ tadvrato ratikāmyayā //

> Let (the husband) approach his wife in due season, being constantly satisfied with her (alone); he may also, being intent on pleasing her, approach her with a desire for conjugal union (on any day) excepting the Parvans.  
> — 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.3.45) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.45.1) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.3.20.5) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

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