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# Manava Dharmashastra 6.44

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.44

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.44)

kapālaṃ vṛkṣamūlāni asahāyatā  
samatā caiva sarvasminn etan muktasya lakṣaṇam //

> A potsherd (instead of an alms-bowl), the roots of trees (for a dwelling), coarse worn-out garments, life in solitude and indifference towards everything, are the marks of one who has attained liberation.  
> — 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.6.44) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.44) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.161.5) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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