[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) › 5.160 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.160 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.160 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.160) mṛte bhartari sāḍhvī strī brahmacarye vyavasthitā svargaṃ gacchaty aputrāpi yathā te brahmacāriṇaḥ // > A virtuous wife who after the death of her husband constantly remains chaste, reaches heaven, though she have no son, just like those chaste men. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.159) - [Next: 5.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.161) - [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.5.160) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.160) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Śūdrakamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.jati.sudrakamalakara.49.4) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.160) · Pramāṇa