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# Vedavyasasmriti 20

Vedavyāsasmṛti 20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.20)

vipro garbhāṣṭame varṣe kṣatra ekādaśe tathā .  
dvādaśe vaiśyajātistu vratopanayamarhati .. 1.19 ..

> A brahmin in the eighth year from conception, a kṣatriya likewise in the eleventh, / and one of vaiśya birth in the twelfth is entitled to initiation with vows. // 1.19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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