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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.69

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.69

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.69)

nāsya kāryo 'gnisaṃskāro na ca kāryodakakriyā  
araṇye kāṣṭhavat tyaktvā //

> Such (a child) shall not be burnt with fire, and no libations of water shall be offered to it; leaving it like a (log of) wood in the forest, (the relatives) shall remain impure during three days only.  
> — 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.5.69) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.69) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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