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# Manava Dharmashastra 4.46

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.46

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.46)

na phālakṛṣṭe na jale na cityāṃ na ca parvate  
na jīrṇadevāyatane na valmīke kadā cana //

> Nor on ploughed land, in water, on an altar of bricks, on a mountain, on the ruins of a temple, nor ever on an ant-hill,  
> — 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.4.46) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.46) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.7.p59) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

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