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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.7

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.7)

hīnakriyaṃ niṣpuruṣaṃ niśchando romaśārśasam  
kṣayāmayāvyapasmāriśvitrikuṣṭhikulāni ca //

> (Viz.) one which neglects the sacred rites, one in which no male children (are born), one in which the Veda is not studied, one (the members of) which have thick hair on the body, those which are subject to hemorrhoids, phthisis, weakness of digestion, epilepsy, or white or black leprosy.  
> — 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.3.7) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.7) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.37.2) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit

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