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# Manava Dharmashastra 6.69

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 6.69

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.69)

ahnā rātryā ca yāñ jantūn hinasty ajñānato yatiḥ  
teṣāṃ snātvā viśuddhyarthaṃ prāṇāyāmān ṣaḍ ācaret //

> In order to expiate (the death) of those creatures which he unintentionally injures by day or by night, an ascetic shall bathe and perform six suppressions of the breath.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.6.69) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.6.69) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.161.14) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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