[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.c19.228 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.228 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.228 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.228](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.228) \*Kukkuṭa\*. According to Baud. Dh. S. I. 8. 8 he is a pratiloma caste, but I. 9. 15 says that he is the child of the union of a śūdra with a niṣāda woman, while I. 8. 12 states that he is the offspring of a vaiśya from a niṣāda woman.¹⁸⁶ Manu X. 18 agrees with Baud. Dh. I. 9. 15. According to Kauṭ. III. 7 he is the offspring of an ugra male from a niṣāda female. According to Ādityapurāṇa quoted in the Śūdrakamalākara he manufactures swords and other weapons and engages in cockfights for the king. - [Previous: v2.c19.227](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.227) - [Next: v2.c19.229](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.229) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (3) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.3.7) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.18) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Baudhāyanadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.baudhayana.1.8) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.228](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.228) · Pramāṇa