[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.c19.197 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.197 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.197 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.197) \*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 ). - [Previous: v2.c19.196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.196) - [Next: v2.c19.198](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.198) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (11) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.151.15) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.3.7) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.16.4) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.12) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Baudhāyanadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.baudhayana.1.9) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha.18.3) — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.94) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.4.15) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.13.48.13) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Auśanasasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.usanas) — Uśanas (Śukra), Sanskrit - [Vaikhānasadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vaikhanasa) — Vikhanas, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.197) · Pramāṇa