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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.141

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.141

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.141)

nocchiṣṭaṃ kurvate mukhyā vipruṣo 'ṅgaṃ na yānti yāḥ  
na śmaśrūṇi gatāny āsyaṃ na dantāntaradhiṣṭhitam //

> Drops (of water) from the mouth which do not fall on a limb, do not make (a man) impure, nor the hair of the moustache entering the mouth, nor what adheres to the teeth.  
> — 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.5.141) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.141) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Ācāraratna (Maṇirāma)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.bhatta.acararatna.9.4) — Maṇirāma 1630, Sanskrit
- [Anūpavilāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.anupavilasa.9.4) — Maṇirāma 1665, Sanskrit

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