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# Manava Dharmashastra 6.67

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.67

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.67)

phalaṃ katakavṛkṣasya yady apy ambuprasādakam  
na nāmagrahaṇād eva tasya vāri prasīdati //

> Though the fruit of the Kataka tree (the clearing-nut) makes water clear, yet the (latter) does not become limpid in consequence of the mention of the (fruit's) name.  
> — 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.6.67) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.67) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.161.12) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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