[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.c19.200 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.200 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.200 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.200](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.200) \*Ahiṇḍika.\* According to Manu X. 37 he is the offspring of a niṣāda male from a vaidehī female i. e. he is a double pratiloma caste. Kullūka says that his avocation according to Uśanas is to prevent strangers from trespassing on places where offenders are kept imprisoned. Manu X. 36 shows that the same caste is called Kārāvara when it follows the craft of a carmakāra. - [Previous: v2.c19.199](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.199) - [Next: v2.c19.201](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.201) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.37) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.200](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.200) · Pramāṇa