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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.72

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.72

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.72)

strīṇām asaṃskṛtānāṃ tu tryahāc chudhyanti bāndhavāḥ  
yathoktenaiva kalpena śudhyanti tu sanābhayaḥ //

> (On the death) of females (betrothed but) not married (the bridegroom and his) relatives are purified after three days, and the paternal relatives become pure according to the same rule.  
> — 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.5.72) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.72) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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