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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.80

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.80

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.80)

ṛṣayaḥ pitaro devā bhūtāny atithayas tathā  
āśāsate kuṭumbibhyas tebhyaḥ kāryaṃ vijānatā //

> The sages, the manes, the gods, the Bhutas, and guests ask the householders (for offerings and gifts); hence he who knows (the law), must give to them (what is due to each).  
> — 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.3.80) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.80) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.5.p106) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Āhnikaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.ahnikaprakasa.10.p12) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit

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