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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.105

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.105

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.105)

jñānaṃ tapo 'gnir āhāro mṛn mano vāry upāñjanam  
vāyuḥ karmārkakālau ca śuddheḥ kartṝṇi dehinām //

> The knowledge (of Brahman) austerities, fire, (holy) food, earth, (restraint of) the internal organ, water, smearing (with cowdung), the wind, sacred rites, the sun, and time are the purifiers of corporeal (beings).  
> — 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.5.105) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.105) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.9.102.104) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.21.p798) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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