History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.232
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.232
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*Kumbhakāra*. This word occurs in the gaṇa kulālādi (Pāṇ. IV. 3. 118). Uśanas (32-33) says that he is the offspring of the clandestine union of a brāhmaṇa with a vaiśya female. Vaik. (X. 12) agrees with Uśanas and adds that the offspring becomes either a kumbhakāra or a barber who shaves parts of the body above the navel. Veda-Vyāsa (I. 10-11) and Devala (quoted in Par. M. II. 1. p. 431 and Gṛ. R. p. 337) include the potter among śūdras.¹⁸⁷ In the Central Provinces the Kumbhāra is a scheduled caste.
Linked texts (5)
- Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit
- Vaikhānasasmārtasūtra — Vikhanas, Sanskrit
- Vyāsasmṛti — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Auśanasasmṛti — Uśanas (Śukra), Sanskrit
- Devalasmṛti — Devala, Sanskrit