續一切經音義 4.17

4.17

Śūdra (戊達羅: the upper is shì + jù [shù]; also Sanskrit, formerly written as 首陁, which was corrupt and abbreviated. This single caste devotes itself to agriculture, plowing, tilling, sowing, and planting, paying taxes to kings and ministers. Most are commoners and all are farmers, with little learning; among the four castes, they are the lowest).