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# Skandapurana 16.23.41

Skandapurāṇa 16.23.41

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.23.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.23.41)

ṣaṣṭhaśca mānuṣaḥ proktaḥ paiśācaḥ saptamaḥ smṛtaḥ ..  
aṣṭamo rākṣasaḥ prokto navamo yajña eva ca .. 41 ..

> men are declared the sixth, and the piśāca class is taught as seventh; / rākṣasas are proclaimed the eighth, and sacrifices are the ninth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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