[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Vaishnava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu) › 51.72 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 51.72 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 51.72 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [51.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.72) samutpattiṃ ca māṃsasya vadhabandhau ca dehinām prasamīkṣya nivarteta sarvamāṃsasya bhakṣaṇāt // > Reflecting upon the origin of flesh and upon the (sin of) hurting or confining animated creatures, he must abstain from animal food of any kind. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 51.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.71) - [Next: 51.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.73) - [Up: 51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.51.72) — Julius Jolly 1880, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.72) · Pramāṇa