[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) › 5.5 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.5 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.5) laśunaṃ gṛñjanaṃ caiva palāṇḍuṃ kavakāni ca abhakṣyāṇi dvijātīnām amedhyaprabhavāni ca // > Garlic, leeks and onions, mushrooms and (all plants), springing from impure (substances), are unfit to be eaten by twice-born men. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.4) - [Next: 5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.6) - [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.5.5) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.5) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (5) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.220.190) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.5.p406) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Ācārasāra (Gadādhara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarasara-gadadhara.10.p114) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit - [Āhnikaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.ahnikaprakasa.11.p130) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit - [Ācāracintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.acaracintamani.3.p270) — Vācaspatimiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.5) · Pramāṇa