[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 5.17 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.17 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.17) na bhakṣayed ekacarān ajñātāṃś ca mṛgadvijān bhakṣyeṣv api samuddiṣṭān sarvān pañcanakhāṃs tathā // > Let him not eat solitary or unknown beasts and birds, though they may fall under (the categories of) eatable (creatures), nor any five-toed (animals). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.16) - [Next: 5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.18) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.5.17) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.17) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.5.p487) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.17) · Pramāṇa