History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.197

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*Ayogava.* Vide *Ayogū* above (p. 43) from Vedic literature. According to Gaut. IV. 15, Viṣṇu Dh. S. 16. 4, Manu X. 12, Kauṭ. III. 7, Anuśāsana 48. 13, Yāj. I. 94 this is a pratiloma caste sprung from the union of a śūdra male and a vaiśya female; while Baud. Dh. S. ( I. 9. 7), Uśanas 12, Vaik. X. 14 say that it springs from the union of a vaiśya male and a kṣatriya female. Vas. Dh. S. ( 18. 3 ) gives antyāvasāyin as the name of the caste sprung from a śūdra male and a vaiśya female and pulkasa as the name of one sprung from a vaiśya male and a kṣatriya female. His avocation (Manu X. 48) is to pare wood, while Uśanas ( verse 13 ) says he is a weaver or subsists by making vessels of bronze or by cultivating paddy or by dealing in cloth. According to Viṣṇu Dh. S. 16. 8 and Agnipurāṇa ( 151. 15 ) he is to make his living by going to the stage. The Sahyādrikhaṇḍa says ( 26. 68-69 ) that he works in stones and bricks, makes pavements and whitewashes walls i. e. he is the modern Pātharvaṭa ( in the Deccan ).