[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947) › c5.s2.2 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c5.s2.2 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c5.s2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c5.s2.2) ³⁸ Cf Viṣṇusmṛti (The Institutes of Vishnu, S B E, Vol VII, LI 61-63) where it is stated that the slaughter of beasts for a sacrifice is no slaughter and the animals destroyed for the purpose of sacrifice, obtain exaltation in another existence, also see Gautama, XVII, 37, Vasiṣṭha, (XI 46); Manu V 39. - [Previous: c5.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c5.s2.1) - [Next: c5.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c5.s2.3) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c5.s2) ## Cites (4) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.39) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha.11.46) — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.17.37) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c5.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c5.s2.2) · Pramāṇa