[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) › 6.20 # Manava Dharmashastra 6.20 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.20) cāndrāyaṇavidhānair vā śuklakṛṣṇe ca vartayet pakṣāntayor vāpy aśnīyād yavāgūṃ kvathitāṃ sakṛt // > Or he may live according to the rule of the lunar penance (Kandrayana, daily diminishing the quantity of his food) in the bright (half of the month) and (increasing it) in the dark (half); or he may eat on the last days of each fortnight, once (a day only), boiled barley-gruel. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.19) - [Next: 6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.21) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.6.20) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.20) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.20) · Pramāṇa