[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) › 3.5 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.5 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.5) asapiṇḍā ca yā mātur asagotrā ca yā pituḥ sā praśastā dvijātīnāṃ dārakarmaṇ // > A damsel who is neither a Sapinda on the mother's side, nor belongs to the same family on the father's side, is recommended to twice-born men for wedlock and conjugal union. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.4) - [Next: 3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.6) - [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.3.5) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.5.1) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.3.p4) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.5) · Pramāṇa