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Origin of the four castes; their primitive state - Verse 23

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 1 · Verse 6.23

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Sanskrit Original

इत्य एता ओषधीनां तु ग्राम्यानां जातयो मुने ओषध्यो यज्ञियाश चैव ग्राम्यारण्याश चतुर्दश ।।

ity etā oṣadhīnāṃ tu grāmyānāṃ jātayo mune oṣadhyo yajñiyāś caiva grāmyāraṇyāś caturdaśa ||

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These are the medicinal plants of the villages, O sage, and there are fourteen types of sacrificial herbs in the village and forest.