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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.71

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.71

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.71)

pañcaitān yo mahāayajñān na hāpayati śaktitaḥ  
sa gṛhe 'pi vasan nityaṃ sūnādoṣair na lipyate //

> He who neglects not these five great sacrifices, while he is able (to perform them), is not tainted by the sins (committed) in the five places of slaughter, though he constantly lives in the (order of) house (-holders).  
> — 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.3.71) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.71) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (5)

- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.5.p102) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Śabdakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.sabdakalpadruma.220.6) — Rājā Sir Rādhākānta Deb, Sanskrit
- [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.19.p12) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit
- [Ācārasāra (Gadādhara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarasara-gadadhara.9.p129) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit
- [Ācāracintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.acaracintamani.3.p148) — Vācaspatimiśra, Sanskrit

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