The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c10.9

c10.9

² For a Brāhmaṇa to be called hīnajacca even by a king is rare. A similar idea is found in Kalpasūtra, Jinacarita §17 to which Prof. Jacobi has drawn my attention. Brāhmaṇa families are here placed in the same class with lower, poor, begging families.