[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) › 3.59 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.59 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.59 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.59) tasmād etāḥ sadā pūjyā bhūṣaṇācchādanāśanaiḥ bhūtikāmair narair nityaṃ satkareṣūtsaveṣu ca // > Hence men who seek (their own) welfare, should always honour women on holidays and festivals with (gifts of) ornaments, clothes, and (dainty) food. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.58) - [Next: 3.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.60) - [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.3.59) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.59) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (4) - [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.4.40.41_26) — Sanskrit - [Caturvargacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.caturvargacintamani.124.p50) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Ṣoḍaśamahādānavidhi (Hemādri)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.mahadana.sodasamahadanavidhi-hemadri.124.p50) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Dānakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri.danakhanda.134.p43) — Hemādri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.59) · Pramāṇa