# Talk:Śāriputra

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User:Rupert loup restored a 'verification required' tag that I had deleted, saying that there is no mention of 'brahmin' on the cited page, and that anyway the cited source is 'restricted'. I have found the cited page in google books, where it says "...it is said that Sariputra comes from a lineage of learned brahmins...". 
I don't know what 'restricted' is supposed to mean; it's a published work. There is no rule that all citations must be accessible online, or even be in print for that matter. Key libraries, such as the Library of Congress and the Bodleian, will certainly have copies.
'Verifying' that Sariputra was from a line of brahmins is at any rate impossible, given that we are talking about someone who (may have) lived 2,500 years ago, and whose name was not even written down until much later. It would be challenging, for example, to test the DNA of his parents. We can only go by what has been said by authorities.
So I am again removing this tag. MrDemeanour (talk) 08:44, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

@MrDemeanour: I saw this on my watch list. The way I see it, the citation in question is correct and widely supported by both primary and secondary reliable sources. However, if Rupert loup wants a quote or a source that is not limited in page views he can: it is here.[1]--Farang Rak Tham  (Talk) 13:02, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

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