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Manava Dharmashastra 2.126

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.126

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Sanskrit

2.126

yo na vetty abhivādasya vipraḥ pratyabhivādanam
nābhivādyaḥ sa viduṣā yathā śūdras tathaiva saḥ //

A Brahmana who does not know the form of returning a salutation, must not be saluted by a learned man; as a Sudra, even so is he.

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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