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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.131

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.131

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.131)

śvabhir hatasya yan māṃsaṃ śuci tan manur abravīt  
kravyādbhiś ca hatasyānyaiś caṇḍālādyaiś ca dasyubhiḥ //

> Manu has declared that the flesh (of an animal) killed by dogs is pure, likewise (that) of a (beast) slain by carnivorous (animals) or by men of low caste (Dasyu), such as Kandalas.  
> — 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.5.131) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.131) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.9.102.130) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (4)

- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.21.p967) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Śuddhikaumudī (Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.asauca.suddhi.suddhikaumudi.5.p276) — Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇācārya 1510, Sanskrit
- [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.9.3-2.p1.15) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Kṛtyasārasamuccaya (Amṛtanātha Jhā Śarman)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.krtyasarasamuccaya.2.p312) — Amṛtanātha Jhā Śarman 1800, Sanskrit

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