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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.130

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.130

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.130)

nityam āsyaṃ śuci strīṇāṃ śakuniḥ phalapātane  
prasrave ca śucir vatsaḥ śvā mṛgagrahaṇe śuciḥ //

> The mouth of a woman is always pure, likewise a bird when he causes a fruit to fall; a calf is pure on the flowing of the milk, and a dog when he catches a deer.  
> — 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.5.130) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.130) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.9.102.129) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.21.p962) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Śuddhikaumudī (Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.asauca.suddhi.suddhikaumudi.5.p275) — Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya 1510, Sanskrit

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