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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.65

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.65

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.65)

guroḥ pretasya śiṣyas tu pitṛmedhaṃ samācaran  
samaṃ tatra daśarātreṇa śudhyati //

> A pupil who performs the Pitrimedha for his deceased teacher, becomes also pure after ten days, just like those who carry the corpse out (to the burial-ground).  
> — 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.5.65) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.65) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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