[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.c19.242 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.242 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.242 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.242](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.242) \*Khaśa\* or \*khasa.\* According to Manu X. 22 this is another name for karaṇa; while in X. 43-44 he makes the khaśas a kṣatriya caste originally but reduced to the status of śūdras by the absence of saṁskāras and the absence of contact with brāhmaṇas. Vide Sabhā. 52. 3, Udyoga 160. 103. - [Previous: v2.c19.241](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.241) - [Next: v2.c19.243](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.243) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.22) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.2.52.3) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.242](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.242) · Pramāṇa