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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.8

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.8)

nodvahet kapilāṃ kanyāṃ nādhikāṅgīṃ na rogiṇīm  
nālomikāṃ nātilomāṃ na na piṅgalām //

> Let him not marry a maiden (with) reddish (hair), nor one who has a redundant member, nor one who is sickly, nor one either with no hair (on the body) or too much, nor one who is garrulous or has red (eyes),  
> — 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.3.8) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.8) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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