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सूद आरालिक स्नापक संवाहक आस्तरक कल्पक प्रसाधक उदक परिचारका रसदाः कुब्ज वामन किरात मूक बधिर जड अन्धच् छद्मानो नट नर्तक गायन वादक वाग् जीवन कुशीलवाः स्त्रियश् च आभ्यन्तरं चारं विद्युः ॥

Poisoners such as a sauce-maker (súda), a cook (arálika), procurer of water for bathing (snápaka) shampooer, the spreader of bed (ástaraka), a barber (kalpaka), toilet-maker (prasádaka), a water-servant; servants such as have taken the appearance of a hump-backed person, a dwarf, a pigmy (kiráta), the dumb, the deaf, the idiot, the blind; artisans such as actors, dancers, singers, players on musical instruments, buffoons, and a bard; as well as women shall espy the private character of these officers.

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