Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c12.s6.1
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c12.s6.1
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c12.s6.1
Besides these despised classes we meet with other groups of people who were despised and isolated from the "civilised" castes of people. Amongst them may be mentioned peacock-tamers (*posaga*), barbers (*samvara*), acrobats (*naṭa*), pole-dancers (*laṅkha*), hunters (*vāha*), fishermen (*macchandha*), washermen (*rajaya*), fowlers (*vāguriya*) and cobblers (*padakāra*).⁴⁸