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केशान्तः षोडशे वर्षे ब्राह्मणस्य विधीयते । राजन्यबन्धोर्द्वाविंशे वैश्यस्य द्व्यधिके मतः ॥ ६५ ॥
sanskrit
(The ceremony called) Kesanta (clipping the hair) is ordained for a Brahmana in the sixteenth year (from conception); for a Kshatriya, in the twenty-second; and for a Vaisya, two (years) later than that.
english translation
kezAntaH SoDaze varSe brAhmaNasya vidhIyate | rAjanyabandhordvAviMze vaizyasya dvyadhike mataH || 65 ||
hk transliteration by SanscriptManusmriti
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केशान्तः षोडशे वर्षे ब्राह्मणस्य विधीयते । राजन्यबन्धोर्द्वाविंशे वैश्यस्य द्व्यधिके मतः ॥ ६५ ॥
sanskrit
(The ceremony called) Kesanta (clipping the hair) is ordained for a Brahmana in the sixteenth year (from conception); for a Kshatriya, in the twenty-second; and for a Vaisya, two (years) later than that.
english translation
kezAntaH SoDaze varSe brAhmaNasya vidhIyate | rAjanyabandhordvAviMze vaizyasya dvyadhike mataH || 65 ||
hk transliteration by Sanscript