[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) › 4.220 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.220 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.220 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.220](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.220) pūyaṃ cikitsakasyānnaṃ puṃścalyās tv annam indriyam viṣṭhā vārdhuṣikasyānnaṃ śastravikrayiṇo malam // > The food of a physician (is as vile as) pus, that of an unchaste woman (equal to) semen, that of a usurer (as vile as) ordure, and that of a dealer in weapons (as bad as) dirt. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.219](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.219) - [Next: 4.221](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.221) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.4.220) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.220) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Liṅgadhāraṇacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.lingadharanacandrika.9.27) — Nandikeśvara 1625, Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.5.p391) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Daśanirṇaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.dasanirnaya.10.p109) — Veṅkaṭanātha Vaidikasārvabhauma, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.220](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.220) · Pramāṇa