The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c17.136
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c17.136
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The relations of the four great classes of castes are summed up from the point of view of the Brāhman in a passage of the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa¹. In that passage the Kshatriya is taken as the norm, and the other castes are defined according to the relations which they bear to him.
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- Aitareyabrāhmaṇa — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit