[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) › c8.82 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.82 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.82 - **Language:** English ### [c8.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.82) ¹ nassa vasala. The Brâhmaṇa curses, without knowing who has thrown the piece of wood into the stream, the man who has polluted the water through the tooth-pick. That this tooth-pick was hanging from a tuft of his hair is an unfavourable omen for him and as he now learns that a Caṇḍāla has used it, his indignation knows no bounds. - [Previous: c8.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.81) - [Next: c8.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.83) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.82) · Pramāṇa