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Apastambadharmasutra 2.1.2.6

Āpastambadharmasūtra 2.1.2.6

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2.1.2.6

steno- '[abhiśasto brāhmaṇo rājanyo vaiśyo vā parasmiṃl loke [parimite# niraye [vṛtte [jāyate cāṇḍālo brāhmaṇaḥ paulkaso rājanyo vaiṇo vaiśyaḥ / ( K parimitaṃ )

Thus after having undergone a long punishment in the next world, a person who has stolen (the gold of a Brâhmana) or killed a (Brâhmana) is born again, in case he was a Brâhmana as a Kândâla, in case he was a Kshatriya as a Paulkasa, in case he was a Vaisya as a Vaina.

Georg Bühler 1879, The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2)

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