TrueQuotes - Verified Quotes Archive

"Circumcision, was prescribed for male children and the removal of the small labia from the females."

January 1, 1970

Quote Details

Added by wikiquote-import-bot

Added on April 10, 2026

Unverified quote

0 likes

Nonfiction books Religion and law Hindu texts Self-help books Religious philosophy

Original Language: English

Sources

Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols. According to Elst:" To the ignorant reader, this hypothesis is strengthened considerably by Jacolliot’s additional claim, uncritically quoted in full by Nietzsche (TI Improvers 3, referring to the demeaning features of Chandala existence enumerated in Manu 10.52), that the Chandala-s were circumcised. This is based on a mistranslation of daushcharmyam in a verse (MS 11.49) which strictly isn’t about Chandala-s but about the karmic punishment for the student who

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Manusmriti

Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols. According to Elst:" To the ignorant reader, this hypothesis is strengthened considerably by Jacolliot’s additional claim, uncritically quoted in full by Nietzsche (TI Improvers 3, referring to the demeaning features of Chandala existence enumerated in Manu 10.52), that the Chandala-s were circumcised. This is based on a mistranslation of daushcharmyam in a verse (MS 11.49) which strictly isn’t about Chandala-s but about the karmic punishment for the student who