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# Manava Dharmashastra 6.18

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.18)

sadyaḥ prakṣālako vā syān māsasaṃcayiko 'pi vā  
ṣaṇmāsanicayo vā syāt samānicaya eva vā //

> He may either at once (after his daily meal) cleanse (his vessel for collecting food), or lay up a store sufficient for a month, or gather what suffices for six months or for a year.  
> — 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.6.18) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.18) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.58.22) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.27.21) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.18) · Pramāṇa
