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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.162

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.162

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.162)

nānyotpannā prajāstīha  
na dvitīyaś ca sādhvīnāṃ kva cid bhartopadiśyate //

> Offspring begotten by another man is here not (considered lawful), nor (does offspring begotten) on another man's wife (belong to the begetter), nor is a second husband anywhere prescribed for virtuous women.  
> — 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.5.162) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.162) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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