Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c12.s2.4
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c12.s2.4
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c12.s2.4
⁸ In the line of Manu the following mixed castes are mentioned in the Jain texts Ambattha, Ugga Nisāda, Augava, Māgadha, Sūta, Khattā, Vaideha and Caṇḍāla Then through further combination between mixed castes we have Sovāga, Venava, Bokkasa and Kukkuraa (Ācā Niy 21-27, cf Manu. X 6-56, also Gautama, IV 16 ff)
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- Gautamadharmasūtra — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit
- Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit