[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) › 5.49 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.49 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.49 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.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. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.48) - [Next: 5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.50) - [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.5.49) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.49) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.49) · Pramāṇa