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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.9

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.9)

āraṇyānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ mṛgāṇāṃ māhiṣaṃ vinā  
strīkṣīraṃ caiva varjyāni sarvaśuktāni caiva hi //

> (The milk) of all wild animals excepting buffalo-cows, that of women, and all (substances turned) sour must be avoided.  
> — 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.5.9) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.9) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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