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Manusmriti 12.59

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 12.59

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Sanskrit

12.59

hiṃsrā bhavanti kravyādāḥ kṛmayo 'medhyabhakṣiṇaḥ
parasparādinaḥ stenāḥ pretyāntyastrīniṣeviṇaḥ //

Men who delight in doing hurt (become) carnivorous (animals); those who eat forbidden food, worms; thieves, creatures consuming their own kind; those who have intercourse with women of the lowest castes, Pretas.

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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