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Manusmriti 10.17

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 10.17

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Sanskrit

10.17

vaiśyān māgadhavaidehau kṣatriyāt sūta eva tu
pratīpam ete jāyante pare 'py apasadās trayaḥ //

From a Vaisya are born in the inverse order of the castes a Magadha and a Vaideha, but from a Kshatriya a Suta only; these are three other base-born ones (apasada).

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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