[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 3.95 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.95 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.95 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.95) yat puṇyaphalam āpnoti gāṃ dattvā vidhivad guroḥ tat puṇyaphalam āpnoti bhikṣāṃ dattvā dvijo gṛhī // > A twice-born householder gains, by giving alms, the same reward for his meritorious act which (a student) obtains for presenting, in accordance with the rule, a cow to his teacher. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.94) - [Next: 3.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.96) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.95) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.95) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.95) · Pramāṇa