Caste and Race in India c7.31

c7.31

That some of the occupations at least had become hereditary is probable. The use of the patronymic, derived from the name of an occupation, lends support to this view. "kaulāla," "dhaivara," "pauñjiṣṭha," and "vāṇija" are used in the sense of the son of a kulāla (potter), of a dhīvara (fisherman), of a puñjiṣṭha (fisherman), and a vaṇij (merchant).