Vaishnava Dharmashastra 51.63
Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 51.63
- Language
- Sanskrit
51.63
oṣadhyaḥ paśavo vṛkṣās tiryañcaḥ pakṣiṇas tathā
yajñārthaṃ nidhanam prāptāḥ prāpnuvanty ucchritīḥ punaḥ //
Plants, cattle, trees, amphibious animals, and birds, which have been destroyed for the purposes of sacrifice, obtain exaltation in another existence (in which they are born as Gandharvas, or other beings of a high rank).
Translations (1)
- The Institutes of Vishnu — Julius Jolly 1880, English
Commentaries (2)
- Keśavavaijayantī — Nandapaṇḍita, Sanskrit
- Vaijayantī — Nandapaṇḍita alias Vināyakapaṇḍita, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English