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# Apastambasmriti 2.12

Āpastambasmṛti 2.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.2.12)

yaśca kūpātpibettoyaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ śavadūṣitāt  
kathaṃ tatra viśuddhiḥ syāditi me saṃśayo bhavet

> "And if a Brahmin should drink water from a well defiled by a corpse,  
> how would purification take place in that case? Such is my doubt."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba~en-mt.2.12) — English, machine translation

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- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.13.12) — Sanskrit

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