Manu 3.5
असपिण्डा च या मातुर् असगोत्रा च या पितुः । सा प्रशस्ता द्विजातीनां दारकर्मणि मैथुने ॥ [ममैथिनी]
a.sapiṇḍā ca yā mātur a.sagotrā ca yā pituḥ | sā praśastā dvijātīnāṃ dārakarmaṇi maithune || [M.a.maithinī]
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
A (damsel) who is neither a Sapi/^a on the mothers side, nor belongs to the same family on the term of studentship extends over forty-eight years, and that rule includes the Atharva-veda.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.