[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) › 3.97 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.97 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.97 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.97) naśyanti havyakavyāni narāṇām avijānatām bhūteṣu vipreṣu mohād dattāni dātṛbhiḥ // > The oblations to gods and manes, made by men ignorant (of the law of gifts), are lost, if the givers in their folly present (shares of them) to Brahmanas who are mere ashes. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.96) - [Next: 3.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.98) - [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.3.97) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.97) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.5.p148) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Ācārasāra (Gadādhara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarasara-gadadhara.9.p150) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit - [Āhnikaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.ahnikaprakasa.10.p30) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.97) · Pramāṇa