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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.16

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.16)

pāṭhīnarohitāv ādyau niyuktau havyakavyayoḥ  
siṃhatuṇḍāś ca saśalkāś caiva sarvaśaḥ //

> (But the fish called) Pathina and (that called) Rohita may be eaten, if used for offerings to the gods or to the manes; (one may eat) likewise Ragivas, Simhatundas, and Sasalkas on all (occasions).  
> — 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.5.16) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.16) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Ācārasāra (Gadādhara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarasara-gadadhara.10.p143) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit
- [Gūḍhārthadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.gudharthadipika.2.p354) — Vāmadeva, Sanskrit
- [Ācāracintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.acaracintamani.3.p296) — Vācaspatimiśra, Sanskrit

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