Manusmriti

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नास्ति स्त्रीणां क्रिया मन्त्रैरिति धर्मे व्यवस्थितिः । निरिन्द्रिया ह्यमन्त्राश्च स्त्रीभ्यो अनृतमिति स्थितिः ॥ १८ ॥

sanskrit

For women no (sacramental) rite (is performed) with sacred texts, thus the law is settled; women (who are) destitute of strength and destitute of (the knowledge of) Vedic texts, (are as impure as) falsehood (itself), that is a fixed rule.

english translation

nAsti strINAM kriyA mantrairiti dharme vyavasthitiH | nirindriyA hyamantrAzca strIbhyo anRtamiti sthitiH || 18 ||

hk transliteration