[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) › 5.167 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.167 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.167 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.167) evaṃ vṛttāṃ savarṇāṃ strīṃ dvijātiḥ pūrvamāriṇīm dāhayed agnihotreṇa yajñapātraiś ca dharmavit // > A twice-born man, versed in the sacred law, shall burn a wife of equal caste who conducts herself thus and dies before him, with (the sacred fires used for) the Agnihotra, and with the sacrificial implements. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.166) - [Next: 5.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.168) - [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.5.167) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.167) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Liṅgadhāraṇacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.lingadharanacandrika.9.304) — Nandikeśvara 1625, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.167) · Pramāṇa