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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.112

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.112

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.112)

nirlepaṃ kāñcanaṃ bhāṇḍam adbhir eva viśudhyati  
abjam aśmamayaṃ caiva rājataṃ cānupaskṛtam //

> A golden vessel which shows no stains, becomes pure with water alone, likewise what is produced in water (as shells and coral), what is made of stone, and a silver (vessel) not enchased.  
> — 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.5.112) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.112) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.9.102.111) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (4)

- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.21.p852) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Śuddhikaumudī (Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.asauca.suddhi.suddhikaumudi.5.p128) — Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya 1510, Sanskrit
- [Gūḍhārthadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.gudharthadipika.2.p604) — Vāmadeva, Sanskrit
- [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.9.3-2.p1.7) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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