[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.1690 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1690 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1690 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1690](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1690) (16) Prāṇarodham. This is for the punishment of Brāhmaṇas who keep dogs, asses and other mean animals and constantly hunt and kill animals for food. Here the servants of Yama gather round the sinners and cut them limb by limb with their arrows and subject them to constant insult. - [Previous: c7.1689](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1689) - [Next: c7.1691](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1691) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1690](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1690) · Pramāṇa