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# Manava Dharmashastra 6.5

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.5)

munyannair vividhair medhyaiḥ śākamūlaphalena vā  
etān eva mahāyajñān nirvaped vidhipūrvakam //

> Let him offer those five great sacrifices according to the rule, with various kinds of pure food fit for ascetics, or with herbs, roots, and fruit.  
> — 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.6.5) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.5) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.58.7) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Bṛhaddharmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.brhaddharma.77.5) — Sanskrit

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