[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) › [Atri Smriti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri) › 5.2 # Atri Smriti 5.2 Atrismṛti (Atrisaṃhitā) 5.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri.5.2) maṇḍalānyupajīvanti tasmātkurvanti maṇḍalam yātudhānāḥ piśācāśca krūrāścaiva tu rākṣasāḥ > Because they subsist on ritual circles, people make a ritual circle; / Yātudhānas, Piśācas, and cruel Rākṣasas > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri.5.1) - [Next: 5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri.5.3) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri~en-mt.5.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri.5.2) · Pramāṇa