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Garudapurana 1.9.12

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.9.12

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1.9.12

tannāma kārayettasya strīṇāṃ nāmāṅkitaṃ svayam /
śūdrāṇāṃ dāsasaṃyuktaṃ kārayettu vicakṣaṇaḥ //

he should assign that name to him, himself marking [the names] of women with feminine forms; / but for Śūdras, the wise man should assign [a name] joined with "dāsa".

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1.9.12.p1

iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe viṣṇudīkṣānidṛ nāma navamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Thus ends the ninth chapter, named “The Description of Initiation into Viṣṇu,” in the ritual section called the first part of the first section in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.

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