The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s6.41
The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic c2.s6.41
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∗ ‘One must not sell human beings,’ G. vii. 14; ‘females are not lost by possession,’ G. xii. 39; Vās. xvi. 18; M. viii. 149. † Dasyu here is slave, xii. 133. 16–17. ‡ There is a passage in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa (interpolated perhaps) referring to slave girls presented as gifts : Ait. Br. viii. 22. § G. ii. 16; Āp. i. 2. 7. 3, 8–10. In respect of māithuna, no intercourse is allowed ṛtukāle, but the penalty is slight : G. xxiii. 34; M. xi.
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- Mahābhārata — Sanskrit
- Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit
- Āpastambadharmasūtra — Āpastamba, Sanskrit
- Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit
- Gautamadharmasūtra — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit
- Aitareyabrāhmaṇa — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit
- Viṣṇupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit