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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.76

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.76

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.76)

atikrānte daśāhe ca trirātram aśucir bhavet  
saṃvatsare vyatīte tu spṛṣṭvaivāpo viśudhyati //

> If the ten days have passed, he shall be impure during three (days and) nights; but if a year has elapsed (since the occurrence of the death), he becomes pure merely by bathing.  
> — 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.5.76) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.76) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (5)

- [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.158.33) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Śuddhikaumudī (Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.asauca.suddhi.suddhikaumudi.1.p150) — Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya 1510, Sanskrit
- [Gūḍhārthadīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.gudharthadipika.2.p483) — Vāmadeva, Sanskrit
- [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.9.3-2.p1.1) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Kṛtyasārasamuccaya (Amṛtanātha Jhā Śarman)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.krtyasarasamuccaya.2.p266) — Amṛtanātha Jhā Śarman 1800, Sanskrit

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