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# Manava Dharmashastra 4.222

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.222

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.222](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.222)

bhuktvāto 'nyatam asyānnam amatyā kṣapaṇaṃ tryaham  
matyā bhuktvācaret kṛcchraṃ retoviṇmūtram eva ca //

> If he has unwittingly eaten the food of one of those, (he must) fast for three days; if he has eaten it intentionally, or (has swallowed) semen, ordure, or urine, he must perform a Krikkhra penance.  
> — 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.4.222) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.222) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.8.1.2) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Daśanirṇaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.dasanirnaya.10.p111) — Veṅkaṭanātha Vaidikasārvabhauma, Sanskrit

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