[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) › [Vyasasmriti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa) › 1.8 # Vyasasmriti 1.8 Vyāsasmṛti 1.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.1.8) vaiśyāsu viprakṣattrābhyāṃ tataḥ śūdrāsu śūdravat adhamāduttamāyāntu jātaḥ śūdrādhamaḥ smṛtaḥ > Upon Vaiśya women by a brahmin or Kṣatriya \[it is performed accordingly\], and thereafter upon Śūdra women, like a Śūdra. > One born from a lower \[man\] upon an upper \[woman\], however, is remembered as lower than a Śūdra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.1.7) - [Next: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.1.9) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa~en-mt.1.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vedavyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vedavyasasmrti.9) — Sanskrit - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.114.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa.1.8) · Pramāṇa