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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.125

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.125

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.125)

pakṣijagdhaṃ gavā ghrātam avadhūtam avakṣutam  
dūṣitaṃ keśakīṭaiś ca mṛtprakṣepeṇa śudhyati //

> (Food) which has been pecked at by birds, smelt at by cows, touched (with the foot), sneezed on, or defiled by hair or insects, becomes pure by scattering earth (over it).  
> — 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.5.125) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.125) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.9.102.124) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Śuddhikaumudī (Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.asauca.suddhi.suddhikaumudi.5.p163) — Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya 1510, Sanskrit
- [Gūḍhārthadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.gudharthadipika.2.p625) — Vāmadeva, Sanskrit
- [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.9.3-2.p1.11) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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