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# Manava Dharmashastra 4.55

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.55

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.55)

nāśnīyāt saṃdhivelāyāṃ na gacchen nāpi saṃviśet  
na caiva pralikhed bhūmiṃ nātmano 'paharet srajam //

> Let him not eat, nor travel, nor sleep during the twilight; let him not scratch the ground; let him not take off his garland.  
> — 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.4.55) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.55) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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