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# Manava Dharmashastra 6.23

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.23)

grīṣme pañcatapās tu syād varṣāsv abhrāvakāśikaḥ  
ārdravāsās tu hemante kramaśo vardhayaṃs tapaḥ //

> In summer let him expose himself to the heat of five fires, during the rainy season live under the open sky, and in winter be dressed in wet clothes, (thus) gradually increasing (the rigour of) his austerities.  
> — 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.6.23) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.23) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.58.27) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.27.28) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.23) · Pramāṇa
