[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v5.c71.s1.335 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.335 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.335 - **Language:** English ### [v5.c71.s1.335](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c71.s1.335) (12) Manu XI. 77²¹⁸ and Yāj. III. 249 provide that the murderer subsisting on sacrificial food (such as nīvāra, milk or ghee) should follow the course of the (holy) river Sarasvatī in all its branches. This, acc. to the Bhaviṣyapurāṇa and Kullūka, applies where a mere brāhmaṇa by caste (without Vedic learning) is killed intentionally by a man who is himself rich but has no vedic learning. The words ‘pratisrotaḥ sarasvatīm’ have been variously explained. Medhātithi explains as above. Aparārka, Sarvajñanārāyaṇa and Rāghavānanda explain that the murderer should follow the course of the Sarasvatī in the opposite direction from the sea to its origin. This appears to be a better explanation, since it brings out the force of ‘pratisrotaḥ’ more clearly. - [Previous: v5.c71.s1.334](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c71.s1.334) - [Next: v5.c71.s1.336](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c71.s1.336) - [Up: v5.c71.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c71.s1) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.11.75) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.3.250) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c71.s1.335](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c71.s1.335) · Pramāṇa