Caste and Race in India c7.22

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c7.22

or the village head-man. "The son of a Vaiśya woman is never anointed a king," so says the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa.¹ Though, in comparison to the higher classes, the Vaiśyas' position was rather insignificant, yet the class was definitely marked off from the Śūdras.

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Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit