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# Apastambasmriti 5.6

Āpastambasmṛti 5.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.5.6)

ucchiṣṭaṃ vaiśyajātīnāṃ bhuṅkte jñānāddvijo yadi  
śaṅkhapuṣpīpayaḥ pītvā trirātreṇaiva śudhyati

> If a twice-born knowingly eats the food leavings of members of the Vaiśya class, / drinking milk with śaṅkhapuṣpī, he is purified in just a period of three nights.  
> — 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.5.6) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Āpastambasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.apastambasamhita.76) — Sanskrit
- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.16.7) — Sanskrit
- [Aṣṭādaśasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrtisamgraha.astadasasmrti.18.7) — Sanskrit

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