[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v2.c19.190 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.190](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.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). - [Previous: v2.c19.189](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.189) - [Next: v2.c19.191](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.191) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi.2.4.10) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.190](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.190) · Pramāṇa