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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.18

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.18)

śvāvidhaṃ śalyakaṃ godhāṃ khaḍgakūrmaśaśāṃs tathā  
bhakṣyān pañcanakheṣv āhur anuṣṭrāṃś caikatodatah //

> The porcupine, the hedgehog, the iguana, the rhinoceros, the tortoise, and the hare they declare to be eatable; likewise those (domestic animals) that have teeth in one jaw only, excepting camels.  
> — 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.5.18) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.18) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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