Origin of the four castes; their primitive state - Verse 22
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 1 · Verse 6.22
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Sanskrit Original
माषा मुद्गा मसूराश च निष्पावाः सकुलत्थकाः आढक्यश चणकाश चैव शणाः सप्तदश स्मृताः ।।
māṣā mudgā masūrāś ca niṣpāvāḥ sakulatthakāḥ āḍhakyaś caṇakāś caiva śaṇāḥ saptadaśa smṛtāḥ ||
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Māṣa, mudga, lentils, niṣpāva, kulattha, āḍhakya, and caṇaka are remembered as seventeen types.