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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 23.50

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 23.50

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [23.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.23.50)

śvabhir hatasya yan māṃsaṃ śuci tat parikīrtitam  
kravyādbhiś ca hatasyānyaiś caṇḍālādyaiś ca dasyubhiḥ //

> Flesh of an animal which has been killed by dogs is pronounced pure; and so is that of an animal slain by other carnivorous creatures (such as tigers) or by huntsmen such as Kandâlas (Svapakas, Kshattris, or other low-caste men).  
> — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.23.50) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kṛtyasārasamuccaya (Amṛtanātha Jhā Śarman)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.krtyasarasamuccaya.2.p312) — Amṛtanātha Jhā Śarman 1800, Sanskrit

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