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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.50

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.50

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.50)

nindyāsv aṣṭāsu cānyāsu striyo rātriṣu varjayan  
brahmacāry eva bhavati yatra tatrāśrame vasan //

> He who avoids women on the six forbidden nights and on eight others, is (equal in chastity to) a student, in whichever order he may live.  
> — 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.3.50) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.50) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.3.20.6) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

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