The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.25

c8.25

¹ Cf. what is said below at p. 35. Another reading omits brāhmaṇa ; probably, to the writer the express recognition of a bastard as a Brāhmaṇa was repugnant; this omission makes no difference with regard to the fact that the purohita looks upon his illegitimate son as belonging to his caste.