Manusmriti
आ षोदशाद् ब्राह्मणस्य सावित्री नातिवर्तते । आ द्वाविंशात् क्षत्रबन्धोरा चतुर्विंशतेर्विशः ॥ ३८ ॥
The (time for the) Savitri (initiation) of a Brahmana does not pass until the completion of the sixteenth year (after conception), of a Kshatriya until the completion of the twenty-second, and of a Vaisya until the completion of the twenty-fourth.
english translation
A SodazAd brAhmaNasya sAvitrI nAtivartate । A dvAviMzAt kSatrabandhorA caturviMzatervizaH ॥ 38 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptआ षोदशाद् ब्राह्मणस्य सावित्री नातिवर्तते । आ द्वाविंशात् क्षत्रबन्धोरा चतुर्विंशतेर्विशः ॥ ३८ ॥
The (time for the) Savitri (initiation) of a Brahmana does not pass until the completion of the sixteenth year (after conception), of a Kshatriya until the completion of the twenty-second, and of a Vaisya until the completion of the twenty-fourth.
english translation
A SodazAd brAhmaNasya sAvitrI nAtivartate । A dvAviMzAt kSatrabandhorA caturviMzatervizaH ॥ 38 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript