Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c13.s2.114
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c13.s2.114
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c13.s2.114
In the *Ambaṭṭha Sutta*,¹ an Ambaṭṭha is called a Brāhmaṇa. In the *Smṛti* literature, on the other hand, Ambashṭha denotes a man of mixed Brāhmaṇa and Vaiśya parentage. According to *Jātaka* IV. 363, the Ambaṭṭhas were farmers. It seems that the Ambashṭhas were a tribe or clan who were at first mainly a fighting race, but some of whom took to other occupations, viz., those of priests, farmers and, according to *Smṛti* writers, physicians (*Ambashṭhānāṁ chikitsitam*).²
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- Jātaka — Pāli
- Dīghanikāya — Pāli