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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.6

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.6)

lohitān vṛkṣaniryāsān prabhavāṃs tathā  
śeluṃ gavyaṃ ca prayatnena vivarjayet //

> One should carefully avoid red exudations from trees and (juices) flowing from incisions, the Selu (fruit), and the thickened milk of a cow (which she gives after calving).  
> — 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.5.6) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.6) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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