[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) › 5.140 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.140 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.140 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.140) śūdrāṇāṃ māsikaṃ kāryaṃ vapanaṃ nyāyavartinām vaiśyavac chaucakalpaś ca dvijocchiṣṭaṃ ca bhojanam // > Sudras who live according to the law, shall each month shave (their heads); their mode of purification (shall be) the same as that of Vaisyas, and their food the fragments of an Aryan's meal. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.139) - [Next: 5.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.141) - [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.5.140) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.140) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.140) · Pramāṇa