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# Manava Dharmashastra 5.32

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.32

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.32)

krītvā svayaṃ vāpy utpādya paropakṛtam eva vā  
devān pitṝṃś cārcayitvā khādan māṃsaṃ na duṣyati //

> He who eats meat, when he honours the gods and manes, commits no sin, whether he has bought it, or himself has killed (the animal), or has received it as a present from others.  
> — 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.5.32) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.32) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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