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# Manava Dharmashastra 11.45

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 11.45

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [11.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.11.45)

akāmataḥ kṛte pāpe prāyaścittaṃ vidur budhāḥ  
kāmakārakṛte 'py āhur eke śrutinidarśanāt //

> (All) sages prescribe a penance for a sin unintentionally committed; some declare, on the evidence of the revealed texts, (that it may be performed) even for an intentional (offence).  
> — 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.11.45) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.30.17) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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