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# Manava Dharmashastra 4.5

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.5)

ṛtam uñchaśilaṃ jñeyam amṛtaṃ syād ayācitam  
mṛtaṃ tu yācitaṃ bhaikṣaṃ pramṛtaṃ karṣaṇaṃ smṛtam //

> By Rita shall be understood the gleaning of corn; by Amrita, what is given unasked; by Mrita, food obtained by begging and agriculture is declared to be Pramrita.  
> — 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.4.5) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.5) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.47.p19) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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