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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.58

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.58

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.58)

dantajāte 'nujāte ca kṛtacūḍe ca saṃsthite  
aśuddhā bāndhavāḥ sarve sūtake ca tathocyate //

> When (a child) dies that has teethed, or that before teething has received (the sacrament of) the tonsure (Kudakarana) or (of the initiation), all relatives (become) impure, and on the birth (of a child) the same (rule) is prescribed.  
> — 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.5.58) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.58) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Parāśarasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.parasara.3.162) — Parāśara, Sanskrit

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