[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Minor extant smṛtis](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti) › [Apastambasmriti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba) › 2.1 # Apastambasmriti 2.1 Āpastambasmṛti 2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.2.1) atha śuddhyaśuddhivivekavarṇanam kāruhastagataṃ puṇyaṃ yacca grāmādviniḥsmṛtam strībālavṛddhācaritaṃ pratyakṣādṛṣṭameva ca > Now begins the description of the discrimination between purity and impurity: > What is in the hand of an artisan is pure, and what has come out of a village; > what is practiced by women, children, and the aged; and that which is not directly seen \[to be impure\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.34.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.1.34.p1) - [Next: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.2.2) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba~en-mt.2.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.2.1) · Pramāṇa