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# Apastambasmriti 9.21

Āpastambasmṛti 9.21

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.apastamba.9.21)

jammaprabhṛtisaṃskāre śmaśānānte ca bhojanam  
asapiṇḍairna kartavyaṃ cūḍākārye viśeṣataḥ

> At a life-cycle rite beginning from birth and on the edge of a cremation ground, eating / should not be done by non-sapiṇḍas, especially during the tonsure ceremony.  
> — 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.9.21) — English, machine translation

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- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.20.22) — Sanskrit

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