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Manusmriti 10.13

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 10.13

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Sanskrit

10.13

ekāntare tv ānulomyād ambaṣṭhograu yathā smṛtau
kṣattṛvaidehakau tadvat prātilomye 'pi janmani //

As an Ambashtha and an Ugra, (begotten) in the direct order on (women) one degree lower (than their husbands) are declared (to be), even so are a Kshattri and a Vaidehaka, though they were born in the inverse order of the castes (from mothers one degree higher than the fathers).

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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