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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.81

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.81

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.81)

śrotriye tūpasaṃpanne trirātram aśucir bhavet  
mātule pakṣiṇīṃ rātriṃ śiṣyartvigbāndhaveṣu ca //

> For a Srotriya who resides with (him out of affection), a man shall be impure for three days; for a maternal uncle, a pupil, an officiating priest, or a maternal relative, for one night together with the preceding and following days.  
> — 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.5.81) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.81) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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