The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c18.41

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c18.41

A further example of the low esteem in which the barber was held is afforded by another instance: the mother of King Brahmadatta calls the ascetic Gaṅgamâla, a former barber, "the son of a filth-cleaning barber born of a low caste" (hînajacco malamajjano nahâpita-putto II. 452) and adds the verse:

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Jātaka — Pāli