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# Vedavyasasmriti 54

Vedavyāsasmṛti 54

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.54)

ūr̤hāyāṃ hi savarṇāyāmanyāṃ vā kāmamudvahet .  
tasyāmut‌pāditaḥ putro na savarṇāt prahīyate .. 2.10 ..

> Indeed, when a same-caste woman is married, he may marry another at will. / A son produced upon her is not deprived of the status of the same-caste \[wife's son\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti~en-mt.54) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Vallālacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.13.55) — Ānandabhaṭṭa 1510, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.115.10) — Sanskrit

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