History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.106
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.106
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v2.c19.106
The following is a list of persons engaged in professions and crafts, which had probably become castes or were in the process of becoming castes, before the close of the Vedic period, as seen from the Vāj. S., Tai. S. and Tai. Br., Kāṭhaka Sam. (17. 13), the Atharva-veda, the Tāṇḍya Br. (III. 4.), the Ait. Br., the Chāndogya and the Bṛ. Up. The meaning of some of the words is not quite clear and it is possible that some in the list were not at all castes or professions. They are arranged in the alphabetical order of Sanskrit (though transliterated). The meanings of most of them have been given above. Where the meaning is doubtful a question mark has been made.
Linked texts (9)
- Kāṭhakasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Taittirīyasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit
- Chāndogyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
- Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit
- Aitareyabrāhmaṇa — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit
- Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad — Sanskrit
- Vājasaneyisaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitā — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit