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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 32.7

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 32.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [32.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.32.7)

asaṃstutāpi parapatnī bhaginīti vācyā putrīti māteti vā ||

> To the wife of another, even though he does not know her, he must either say 'sister' (if she is of equal age with himself), or 'daughter' (if she is younger than himself), or 'mother' (if she is older than himself).  
> — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.32.7) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

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