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# Manava Dharmashastra 11.141

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 11.141

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [11.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.11.141)

kiṃ cid eva tu viprāya dadyād asthimatāṃ vadhe  
anasthnāṃ caiva hiṃsāyāṃ prāṇāyāmena śudhyati //

> But for destroying one thousand (small) animals that have bones, or a whole cart-load of boneless (animals), he shall perform the penance (prescribed) for the murder of a Sudra.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.11.141) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.32.56) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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