Ceremonies to be observed at the birth and naming of a child - Verse 24
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 3 · Verse 10.24
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Sanskrit Original
ब्राह्मो दैवस तथैवार्षः प्राजापत्यस तथासुरः गान्धर्वराक्षसौ चान्यौ पैशाचश चाष्टमो ऽधमः ।।
brāhmo daivas tathaivārṣaḥ prājāpatyas tathāsuraḥ gāndharvarākṣasau cānyau paiśācaś cāṣṭamo 'dhamaḥ ||
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The eighth type is the lowest: Brahmin, divine, Aryan, Prajapati, Asura, Gandharva, Rakshasa, and the lowest, the Pisacha.