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# Manava Dharmashastra 11.37

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 11.37

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [11.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.11.37)

narake hi patanty ete sa ca yasya tat  
tasmād vaitānakuśalo hotā syād vedapāragaḥ //

> For such (persons) offering a burnt-oblation sink into hell, as well as he to whom that (Agnihotra) belongs; hence the person who sacrifices (for another) must be skilled in (the performance of) Vaitana (rites), and know the whole Veda.  
> — 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.11.37) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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