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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 67.34

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 67.34

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [67.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.67.34)

ekarātraṃ hi nivasann atithir brāhmaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ  
anityaṃ hi sthito yasmāt tasmād atithir ucyate //

> A Brâhmana who stays for one night only as a guest, is called atithi (a guest); because he does not stay for a long time, therefore is he termed atithi.  
> — 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.67.34) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

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