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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.68

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.68

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.68)

ūnadvivārṣikaṃ pretaṃ nidadhyur bāndhavā bahiḥ  
alaṃkṛtya śucau bhūmāv asthisaṃcayanād ṛte //

> A child that has died before the completion of its second year, the relatives shall carry out (of the village), decked (with flowers, and bury it) in pure ground, without collecting the bones (afterwards).  
> — 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.5.68) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.68) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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