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# Apastambasmriti 3.6

Āpastambasmṛti 3.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.3.6)

aśītiryasya varṣāṇi vālovāpyūnaṣoḍaśaḥ  
prāyaścittāddha marhanti striyo vyādhita eva ca

> One who is eighty years old, or a child under sixteen, / and women and the sick, deserve half the penance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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