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prasiddhāni pramāṇāni vyavahārasca tatkȚtah. pramāṇalakṣaṇasyoktau jñāyate na prayojanam. 13/512
Means of knowledge and application ensuing them are well-known, hence, relating the definition of valid knowledge ( Pramāņa ) is superfluous.
The verse "prasiddhāni pramāṇāni"occurs in Nyāyāvatāra (Kārikā, 2) of Siddhasena. However, it is notable that Nyāyāvatāra is, not unanimously, ascribed to Siddhasena Divākara. According to some scholars Nyāyāvatāra is not the work of Siddhasena Divākara.
Haribhadra has denounced meat-eating, liquor-drinking and coupulation in 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th prakaranas of this text. In the process of refuting the view-point of advocates of meateating, he cites the famous verse of Manusmộti'3–
na māṁsa bhakşane doşaḥ na madye na ca maithune. pravsttireșā bhūtānāṁ nivsttistu mahāphalā. 18/2
There is no sin in eating meat, in drinking spirituous liquor and in carnal intercourse, for that is the natural way of living beings but abstention ( from these ) brings great rewards.
On the basis of Manusmrti itself, he attempts to refute these contentions one by one. To refute meat-eating, he has cited the following verses form the Manusmrti, which are self-contradictory. The verses of Manusmộti occurred in Astaka-prakaraņa ( 18th ) are as follows -
mām sa bhakşayitā'mutra yasya māṁsamihādmyaham. etanmāsasya māṁsatvam pravadanti manīșiņah. 18/3 prokṣitam bhakşayenmāṁsaṁ brāhmaṇānam ca kāmyayā. yathāvidhi niyuktastu prāņānāmeva vā'tyaye. 18/5
‘Me’ he will devour in the next world, whose flesh I eat in this life, the wisemen declare this to be the real meaning of the term flesh,
One may eat meat, when sprinkled with water, purified by recital of mantras, when Brahmins desire one to do so, and when
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