Vajrasuci (Siddhacarya Ghoshapada) 39

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kasmād36? yadi śarīraṃ
brāhmaṇaḥ syāt tarhi pāvako'pi brahmahā37 syād| brahmahatyā ca bandhūnāṃ
śarīradahanādbhaved| brāhmaṇaśarīraniṣyandajātāśca kṣatriyavaiśyaśūdrā api
brāhmaṇāḥ syuḥ| na caitad dṛṣṭaṃ| brāhmaṇaśarīravināśācca yajanayājanādhyayanādhyāpanadānapratigrahādīnāṃ brāhmaṇaśarīrajanitānāṃ phalasya vināśaḥ
syāt| na caitadiṣṭam38| ato manyāmahe śarīramapi brāhmaṇo na bhavati

Why? If the body were the brāhmaṇa, then fire too would be a killer of a brāhmaṇa, and the murder of a brāhmaṇa would occur for relatives through cremating the body. Also, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and śūdras born from the bodily emission of a brāhmaṇa would be brāhmaṇas, but this is not seen. And from the destruction of a brāhmaṇa's body, the destruction of the fruit of sacrificing, officiating at sacrifices, studying, teaching, giving, and receiving gifts—produced by the brāhmaṇa's body—would follow, but this is not admitted. Therefore, we consider that the body also is not the brāhmaṇa.