[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897) › c17.58 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c17.58 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c17.58 - **Language:** English ### [c17.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.58) On account of the lowness of such services, the slave himself was considered of little worth by a master who treated him humanely. The female slave Puṇṇâ receives from her master, the purohita, who asks her what she wishes, the epithet jammî “ the low, contemptible.” “ Son of a slave ” (dâsiputtra) was a term of reproach; when in the Nigrodha Jâtaka (IV. 41) the senâpati is informed that his friend is there, he comes in angrily and cries, “ Who is that friend? He is a despised son of a slave. Throw him out!” “ Servant of a slave’s son ” (dâsiputtaceṭaka I. 225)—so addresses in the Nanda Jâtaka the bold slave his master. - [Previous: c17.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.57) - [Next: c17.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.59) - [Up: c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17) ## Linked texts (1) - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka.445) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c17.58) · Pramāṇa