[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.c19.232 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.232](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.232) \*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. - [Previous: v2.c19.231](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.231) - [Next: v2.c19.233](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.233) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (5) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi.4.3.118) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit - [Vaikhānasasmārtasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.vaikhanasa) — Vikhanas, Sanskrit - [Vyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Auśanasasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.usanas) — Uśanas (Śukra), Sanskrit - [Devalasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala) — Devala, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.232](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.232) · Pramāṇa