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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.103

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.103

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.103)

anugamyecchayā pretaṃ jñātim ajñātim eva  
snātvā spṛṣṭvāgniṃ ghṛtaṃ prāśya viśudhyati //

> Having voluntarily followed a corpse, whether (that of) a paternal kinsman or (of) a stranger, he becomes pure by bathing, dressed in his clothes, by touching fire and eating clarified butter.  
> — 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.5.103) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.103) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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