Manava Dharmashastra 5.49
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.49
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- Sanskrit
5.49
samutpattiṃ ca māṃsasya vadhabandhau ca dehinām
prasamīkṣya nivarteta sarvamāṃsasya bhakṣaṇāt //
Having well considered the (disgusting) origin of flesh and the (cruelty of) fettering and slaying corporeal beings, let him entirely abstain from eating flesh.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (1)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit