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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.123

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.123

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.123)

madyair mūtraiḥ purīṣair vā ṣṭhīvanaih pūyaśoṇitaiḥ  
saṃspṛṣṭaṃ naiva śuddhyeta punaḥpākena mṛnmayam //

> An earthen vessel which has been defiled by spirituous liquor, urine, ordure, saliva, pus or blood cannot be purified by another burning.  
> — 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.5.123) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.123) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.9.102.121) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

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