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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.73

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.73

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.73)

akṣāralavaṇānnāḥ syur nimajjeyuś ca te tryaham  
māṃsāśanaṃ ca nāśnīyuḥ śayīraṃś ca pṛthak kṣitau //

> Let (mourners) eat food without factitious salt, bathe during three days, abstain from meat, and sleep separate on the ground.  
> — 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.5.73) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.73) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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