History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.190

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.190

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v2.c19.190

*Ayaskāra* (blacksmith). In the Vedic literature we have ayastāpa (heater of ayas, probably any metal). Vide under karmakāra and karmāra. Patañjali on Pāṇ. II. 4. 10 mentions him as a śūdra along with takṣan (Mahābhāṣya, vol. I. p. 475).

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit