[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934) › v2.c19.s2.t2.18 # Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c19.s2.t2.18 Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c19.s2.t2.18 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s2.t2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2.18) Gautama ordains the following: "On failure of the (occupations lawful for a Brāhmaṇa) he may live by the occupations of a Kshatriya."\[1\] This is, of course, based on the injunctions of Manu. Baudhāyana, while repeating the statements of Gautama and the earlier lawgivers, introduces a detail which is interesting. "Now they quote also (the following verse): 'Out of regard for the sacred law a Brāhmaṇa and a Vaiśya may take up arms (for the protection of) cows or Brāhmaṇas, or when a confusion of the castes (threatens to take place)'".\[2\] - [Previous: v2.c19.s2.t2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2.17) - [Next: v2.c19.s2.t2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2.19) - [Up: v2.c19.s2.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2) ## Linked texts (2) - [Baudhāyanadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.baudhayana) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2.18) · Pramāṇa