[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) › 5.36 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.36 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.36 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.36) asaṃskṛtān paśūn mantrair nādyād vipraḥ kadā cana mantrais tu saṃskṛtān adyāc chāśvataṃ vidhim āsthitaḥ // > A Brahmana must never eat (the flesh of animals unhallowed by Mantras; but, obedient to the primeval law, he may eat it, consecrated with Vedic texts. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.35) - [Next: 5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.37) - [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.5.36) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.36) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.59) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Ācāracintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.acaracintamani.3.p302) — Vācaspatimiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.36) · Pramāṇa