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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.78

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.78

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.78)

bāle deśāntarasthe ca pṛthakpiṇḍe ca saṃsthite  
savāsā jalam āplutya sadya eva viśudhyati //

> If an infant (that has not teethed), or a (grownup relative who is) not a Sapinda, die in a distant country, one becomes at once pure after bathing in one's clothes.  
> — 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.5.78) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.78) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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