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# Anandakanda 2.8.141

Ānandakanda 2.8.141

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.8.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.8.141)

\<sapphire:: subtypes:: caste\>  
sitacchāyo bhavedvipro raktaḥ kṣatriyajātikaḥ /  
pītastu vaiśyajātiryo vṛṣalaḥ kṛṣṇadīdhitiḥ //

> \<Sapphire:: subtypes:: caste\> / The Brahmin is white in hue; the red belongs to the Kṣatriya caste; / the yellow is of Vaiśya caste; that which has a black radiance is the Śūdra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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