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Manava Dharmashastra 11.127

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 11.127

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Sanskrit

11.127

akāmatas tu rājanyaṃ vinipātya dvijottamaḥ
vṛṣabhaikasahasrā gā dadyāt sucaritavrataḥ //

One fourth (of the penance) for the murder of a Brahmana is prescribed (as expiation) for (intentionally) killing a Kshatriya, one-eighth for killing a Vaisya; know that it is one-sixteenth for killing a virtuous Sudra.

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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