[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 5.121 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.121 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.121 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.121) kṣaumavac chaṅkhaśṛṅgāṇām asthidantamayasya ca śuddhir vijānatā kāryā gomūtreṇodakena vā // > A man who knows (the law) must purify conch-shells, horn, bone and ivory, like linen cloth, or with a mixture of cow's urine and water. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.120) - [Next: 5.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.122) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.5.121) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.121) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Nityācārapaddhati (Vidyākara vājapeyin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapaddhati-vidyakara-vajapeyin.2.p12) — Vidyākara vājapeyin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.121) · Pramāṇa