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# Maricismriti 1.22: Nirṇayasindhu · Śrāddhacandrikā (Divākarabhaṭṭa) · Bhagavantabhāskara

Marīcismṛti 1.22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.maricismrti.1.22)

aviddhakarṇaḥ kṛṣṇaś ca lambakarṇas tathaiva ca | varjanīyāḥ prayatnena brāhmaṇāḥ śrāddhakarmaṇi

> One whose ears are unpierced, one who is black, and likewise one with long ears— / \[these\] brāhmaṇas are to be avoided with effort in the rite of śrāddha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> A Brahmin whose ears are unpierced, one who is black, and one with hanging ears are carefully to be avoided at a śrāddha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (2)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.maricismrti~en-mt.1.22) — English, machine translation
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.maricismrti*fragments~en-mt.1.22) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.45.p8) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit
- [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.57.2) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit
- [Śrāddhacandrikā (Divākarabhaṭṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p5) — Divākarabhaṭṭa 1655, Sanskrit

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