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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.118

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.118

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.118)

adbhis tu prokṣaṇaṃ śaucaṃ bahūnāṃ dhānyavāsasām  
prakṣālanena tv alpānām adbhiḥ śaucaṃ vidhīyate //

> The manner of purifying large quantities of grain and of cloth is to sprinkle them with water; but the purification of small quantities is prescribed (to take place) by washing them.  
> — 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.5.118) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (7)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.118) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.9.102.117) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini.9.102.117) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta.9.102.117) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!raghavananda.37.1) — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthamuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!kulluka) — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (7)

- [Haribhaktivilāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.gaudiya.acara.haribhaktivilasa.4.81) — Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmin & Sanātana Gosvāmin 1535, Sanskrit
- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.478) — P. V. Kane, English
- [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.9.3-2.p1.10) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Nirṇayāmamṛta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnayamamrta.10.1.17) — Rāmacandra, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtisāroddhāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrtisamgraha.smrtisaroddhara.2.p30) — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Cakranārāyaṇīyanibandha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.cakranarayaniyanibandha.2.p30) — Viśvambharatrivedin 1600, Sanskrit
- [Nṛsiṃhaprasāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.nrsimhaprasada.p126) — Dalapatirāja 1511, Sanskrit

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