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# Manava Dharmashastra 11.197

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 11.197

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [11.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.11.197)

vrātyānāṃ yājanaṃ kṛtvā pareṣām antyakarma ca  
abhicāram ahīnaṃ ca tribhiḥ kṛcchrair vyapohati //

> If he answers to the Brahmanas, 'Forsooth, (I will not offend again), 'he shall scatter (some) grass for the cows; if the cows hallow that place (by eating the grass) the (Brahmana) shall re-admit him (into their community).  
> — 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.11.197) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.16.153.196) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.170.11) — Sanskrit
- [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.33.44) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.54.25) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit

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