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ब्राह्मणस्य वैश्यायाम् अम्बष्ठः, शूद्रायां निषादः पारशवो वा ॥

(Of such asavarna sons), the son begotten by a Bráhman on a Vaisya woman is called Ambashtha; on a Súdra woman is called Nisháda or Párasava.

english translation

क्षत्रियस्य शूद्रायाम् उग्रः ॥

The son begotten by a Kshatriya on a Súdra woman is known as Ugra;

english translation

शूद्र एव वैश्यस्य ॥

the son begotten by a Vaisya on a Súdra woman is no other than a Súdra.

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सवर्णासु च एषाम् अचरित व्रतेभ्यो जाता व्रात्याः ॥

Sons begotten by men of impure life of any of the four castes on women of lower castes next to their own are called Vrátyas.

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इत्य् अनुलोमाः ॥

The above kinds of sons are called anuloma, sons begotten by men of higher on women of lower castes.

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