[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) › 5.61 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.61 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.61 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.61) yathedaṃ śāvam āśaucaṃ sapiṇḍeṣu vidhīyate janane 'py evam eva syān nipuṇaṃ śuddhim icchatām // > As this impurity on account of a death is prescribed for (all) Sapindas, even so it shall be (held) on a birth by those who desire to be absolutely pure. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.60) - [Next: 5.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.62) - [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.5.61) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.61) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.5.10) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.9.3-2.3) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.61) · Pramāṇa