[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) › [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler) › 3.5 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.5 The Laws of Manu 3.5 - **Language:** English ### [3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.5) A damsel who is neither a Sapinda on the mother's side, nor belongs to the same family on the father's side, is recommended to twice-born men for wedlock and conjugal union. - [Previous: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.4) - [Next: 3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.6) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3) ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.5.1) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.3.p4) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.5) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.5) · Pramāṇa