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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 50.46

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 50.46

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [50.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.50.46)

asthanvatāṃ tu sattvānāṃ sahasrasya pramāpaṇe  
pūrṇe cānasy anasthnāṃ tu śūdrahatyāvrataṃ caret //

> If he has killed a thousand (small) animals having bones, or an ox-load of animals that have no bones, he must perform the same penance as for killing a Sûdra.  
> — 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.50.46) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

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