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Manava Dharmashastra 2.31

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.31

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Sanskrit

2.31

maṅgalyaṃ brāhmaṇasya syāt kṣatriyasya balānvitam
vaiśyasya dhanasaṃyuktaṃ śūdrasya tu jugupsitam //

Let (the first part of) a Brahmana's name (denote something) auspicious, a Kshatriya's be connected with power, and a Vaisya's with wealth, but a Sudra's (express something) contemptible.

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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