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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.66

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.66

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.66)

rātribhir māsatulyābhir garbhasrāve viśudhyati  
rajasy uparate sādhvī snānena strī rajasvalā //

> (A woman) is purified on a miscarriage in as many (days and) nights as months (elapsed after conception), and a menstruating female becomes pure by bathing after the menstrual secretion has ceased (to flow).  
> — 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.5.66) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.66) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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- [Śuddhikaumudī (Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.asauca.suddhi.suddhikaumudi.1.p12) — Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya 1510, Sanskrit

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