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# Agnipurana 248.8

Agnipurāṇa 248.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [248.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.248.8)

yuddhādhikāraḥ śūdrasya svayaṃ vyāpādi śikṣayā /  
deśasthaiḥ śaṅkarai rājñaḥ kāryā yuddhe sahāyatā //

> The right to fight belongs to a Śūdra when he is engaged on his own through instruction. / Mixed castes residing in the realm should render assistance to the king in war.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.248.8) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.248.8) — Sanskrit

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