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# Manava Dharmashastra 11.48

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 11.48

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [11.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.11.48)

iha duścaritaiḥ ke cit ke cit pūrvakṛtais tathā  
prāpnuvanti durātmāno narā rūpaviparyayam //

> Some wicked men suffer a change of their (natural) appearance in consequence of crimes committed in this life, and some in consequence of those committed in a former (existence).  
> — 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.11.48) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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