[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) › 5.48 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.48 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.48 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.48) nākṛtvā prāṇināṃ hiṃsāṃ māṃsam utpadyate kva cit na ca prāṇivadhaḥ svargyas tasmān māṃsaṃ vivarjayet // > Meat can never be obtained without injury to living creatures, and injury to sentient beings is detrimental to (the attainment of) heavenly bliss; let him therefore shun (the use of) meat. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.47) - [Next: 5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.49) - [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.5.48) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.48) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.71) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra (ed. G. Bühler)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha*buhler.4.7) — Sanskrit - [Vasiṣṭhasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sampradaya.vasisthasmrti.44) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.48) · Pramāṇa