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LAWS OF MANU.
XI, 135.
135. For a boar a pot of clarified butter, for a partridge a drona of sesamum-grains, for a parrot a calf two years old, for a crane (a calf) three years old.
136. If he has killed a Hamsa, a Balâka, a heron, a peacock, a monkey, a falcon, or a Bhâsa, he shall give a cow to a Brâhmana.
137. For killing a horse, he shall give a garment, for (killing) an elephant, five black bulls, for (killing) a goat, or a sheep, a draught-ox, for killing a donkey, (a calf) one year old;
138. But for killing carnivorous wild beasts, he shall give a milch-cow, for (killing) wild beasts that are not carnivorous, a heifer, for killing a camel, one krishnala.
139. For killing adulterous women of the four castes, he must give, in order to purify himself, respectively a leathern bag, a bow, a goat, or a sheep.
140. A twice-born man, who is unable to atone by gifts for the slaughter of a serpent and the other (creatures mentioned), shall perform for each of them, a Krikkhra (penance) in order to remove his guilt.
141. But for destroying one thousand (small)
135. Gaut. XXII, 24; Vi. L, 36-39; Yâgñ. III, 271, 273-274. Kumbha, 'a pot,' i. e. 'of 200 palas' (Nâr.). A drona, i. e. four âdhakas (Medh.), or 128 palas (Nar.).
136. Vi. L, 33; Yâgã. III, 272. 137. Vi. L, 25-28; Yagñ. III, 271, 274.
138. Vi. L, 29, 40-41; Yagñ. III, 272-273. A krishnala,' i.e. of gold' (Medh., Gov., Kull., Nâr., Nand., Râgh.).
139. Gaut. XXII, 26; Yagñ. III, 268. Respectively,' i. e. according to the order of the castes. Râgh. adds 'unintentionally.'
140. Yâgñ. III, 274; Vas. XXI, 26. 14I. Gaut. XXII, 20–21Ấp. I, 26, 2 ; Vas. XXI, 25; Vi. L, 46;
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| SR No. | 007677 |
| Book Title | Saddharma Pundarika |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | H Kern |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1884 |
| Total Pages | 2546 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 46 MB |