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# Apastambasmriti 1.34

Āpastambasmṛti 1.34

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.1.34)

sarvvānkeśān samuddhṛtya chedayedaṅgulidvayam  
evameva tu nārīṇāṃ śiraso muṇḍanaṃ smṛtam

> Lifting up all the hair, one should cut off two finger-breadths;  
> in this very manner is tonsure of the head prescribed for women.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.34.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.1.34.p1)

ityāpastambīye dharmmaśāstre prathamo'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the first chapter in the treatise on dharma by Āpastamba.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba~en-mt.1.34) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Skandapurāṇa (early; "Ambikākhaṇḍa") (ed. Bakker)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*early*bakker.17.56.62-2.p7) — Sanskrit

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