Vaishya · Atlas · Falsafa

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Where there is no learned Brahmin, there he should appoint a Kshatriya, or a Vaishya learned in the treatises on *dharma*;

The merchant/commoner caste positioned within the caste-based fine hierarchy.

A Shudra insulting a Vaishya should be made to pay the first amercement.

for a Vaishya, likewise twenty-five;

Sons of a Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra wife, born of a Brahmin, in order, / should take four, three, two, and one share respectively.

The merchant and commoner class, given distinct naming and initiation rules.

In the eighth year from conception, one should perform the initiation of a Brāhmaṇa;

For a Brāhmaṇa, the time for the Savitri initiation does not pass until the sixteenth year;

For a Brāhmaṇa desiring proficiency in the sacred lore, the initiation should be done in the fifth year;