Manusmriti

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मुञ्जालाभे तु कर्तव्याः कुशाश्मन्तकबल्वजैः । त्रिवृता ग्रन्थिनैकेन त्रिभिः पञ्चभिरेव वा ॥ ४३ ॥

sanskrit

. If Munga grass (and so forth) be not procurable, (the girdles) may be made of Kusa, Asmantaka, and Balbaga (fibres), with a single threefold knot, or with three or five (knots according to the custom of the family).

english translation

muJjAlAbhe tu kartavyAH kuzAzmantakabalvajaiH | trivRtA granthinaikena tribhiH paJcabhireva vA || 43 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript