[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) › 3.55 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.55 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.55 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.55) pitṛbhir bhrātṛbhiś caitāḥ patibhir devarais tathā pūjyā bhūṣayitavyāś ca bahukalyāṇam īpsubhiḥ // > Women must be honoured and adorned by their fathers, brothers, husbands, and brothers-in-law, who desire (their own) welfare. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.54) - [Next: 3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.56) - [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.3.55) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.55) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.46.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.55) · Pramāṇa