[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 5.83 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.83 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.83 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.83) śuddhyed vipro daśāhena dvādaśāhena bhūmipaḥ vaiśyaḥ pañcadaśāhena śūdro māsena śudhyati // > A Brahmana shall be pure after ten days, a Kshatriya after twelve, a Vaisya after fifteen, and a Sudra is purified after a month. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.82) - [Next: 5.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.84) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.5.83) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.83) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.83) · Pramāṇa