[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) › 5.52 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.52 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.52 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.52) svamāṃsaṃ paramāṃsena yo vardhayitum icchati anabhyarcya pitṝn devāṃs tato 'nyo nāsty apuṇyakṛt // > There is no greater sinner than that (man) who, though not worshipping the gods or the manes, seeks to increase (the bulk of) his own flesh by the flesh of other (beings). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.51) - [Next: 5.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.53) - [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.5.52) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.52) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.52) · Pramāṇa