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Vaishnava Dharmashastra 5.188

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 5.188

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Sanskrit

5.188

tribhir eva tu yā bhuktā puruṣair bhūr yathāvidhi
lekhyābhāve 'pi tāṃ tatra caturthaḥ samavāpnuyāt //

He who kills (in his own defence a tiger or other) animal with sharp nails and claws, or a (goat or other) horned animal (excepting cows), or a (boar or other) animal with sharp teeth, or an assassin, or an elephant, or a horse, or any other (ferocious animal by whom he has been attacked), commits no crime.

Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu

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