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# Paraskaragrihyasutra 2.5.20

Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 2.5.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.5.20)

sarveṣāṃ vā gavyamasati pradhānatvāt \20\

> Or if (the prescribed sort of garment) is not to be had, a cow's hide (should be worn) by all, because to that belongs the first place (among all kinds of garments).  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)

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## Translations (1)

- [The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara~en-oldenberg.2.5.20) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya (Harihara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara!harihara.23.43.3) — Harihara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit

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