[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) › 3.48 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.48 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.48 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.48) yugmāsu putrā jāyante striyo 'yugmāsu rātriṣu tasmād yugmāsu putrārthī saṃviśed ārtave striyam // > On the even nights sons are conceived and daughters on the uneven ones; hence a man who desires to have sons should approach his wife in due season on the even (nights). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.47) - [Next: 3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.49) - [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.3.48) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.48) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.48) · Pramāṇa