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# Agnipurana 173.9

Agnipurāṇa 173.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [173.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.173.9)

ṣaḍbhirvarṣaiḥ śuddhacārī brahmahā pūyate naraḥ /  
vihitaṃ yadakāmā māṃ kāmāttu dviguṇaṃ smṛtaṃ //

> Living purely for six years, a man who has slain a brāhmaṇa is purified. / That which is prescribed is for unintentional \[killing\]; but for intentional it is declared to be double.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.173.9) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.173.9) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c71.s1.287) — P. V. Kane, English

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