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# Vedavyasasmriti 9

Vedavyāsasmṛti 9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.9)

vaiśyāsa viprakṣatrābhyāṃ tataḥ śūdrāsu śūdravat .  
adhamāduttamāyāntu jātaḥ śūdrādhamaḥ smṛtaḥ .. 1.8 ..

> On vaiśya women by a brahmin and a kṣatriya; then on śūdra women, like a śūdra. / One born of a low \[man\] on a higher \[woman\] is considered lower than a śūdra. // 1.8  
> — 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.9) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Vyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.1.8) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.114.8) — Sanskrit

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