[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924) › c40.94 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.94 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c40.94 - **Language:** English ### [c40.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.94) A Brahmin who ordinarily is never expected to do any honour to a Śūdra has to get up when a Śūdra who is an ex-member of the Paurā came though he be below eighty. Further, Sūtra 15 lays down an exception with regard to etiquette between Pauras. Even if the difference in age were of ten years fellow-Pauras were to treat each other as if born on the same day (14-15). ऋत्विक्श्वशुरपितृव्यमातुलानां तु यवीयसां प्रत्युत्थानं नाभिवाद्यः ॥ ६ ॥ तथान्यः पूर्वः पौरोऽशीतिकावरः शूद्रेाऽप्यपत्यसमेन ॥ १० ॥ अवरोऽप्यार्यः शूद्रे वा ॥ ११ ॥ नाम चास्य वर्जयेत् ॥ १२ ॥ भो भवन्निति वयस्यः समानेऽहनि जातः ॥ १४ ॥ दशवर्षवृद्धः पौरः ॥ १५ ॥ - [Previous: c40.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.93) - [Next: c40.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.95) - [Up: c40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40) ## Cites (1) - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha) — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c40.94) · Pramāṇa