History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.331
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.331
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(9) Manu XI. 75 provides that for the removal of the sin of *brahmahatyā*, the sinner may walk one hundred *yojanas*, subsisting on limited food, controlling his senses and reciting one of the four Vedas. Kullūka says that this applies only where the killing is unintentional and the victim is a mere brāhmaṇa by caste (i. e. has not studied the Veda &c.). For *yojana*, vide *H. of Dh.* vol. III. p. 145 note 185.²¹⁷