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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.64

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.64

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.64)

śilpena vyavahāreṇa śūdrāpatyaiś ca kevalaiḥ  
gobhir aśvaiś ca yānaiś ca kṛṣyā rājopasevayā //

> By (practising) handicrafts, by pecuniary transactions, by (begetting) children on Sudra females only, by (trading in) cows, horses, and carriages, by (the pursuit of) agriculture and by taking service under a king,  
> — 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.3.64) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.64) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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