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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.91

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.91

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.91)

ācāryaṃ svam upādhyāyaṃ pitaraṃ mātaraṃ gurum  
nirhṛtya tu vratī pretān na vratena viyujyate //

> A student does not break his vow by carrying out (to the place of cremation) his own dead teacher (akarya), sub-teacher (upadhyaya), father, mother, or Guru.  
> — 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.5.91) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.91) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.46.92) — Sanskrit
- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.21.p732) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.72.1.p1.39) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit

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