History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.249

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.249

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v2.c19.249

*Cākrika.* According to Amara he is a person who rings a bell. Kṣīrasvāmī says that he announces the king's arrival by ringing bells and that some regard him as the same as vaitālika. According to Śaṅkha (prose) and Sumantu quoted by Aparārka (pp. 1175-76) cākrika and tailika are separate subcastes. According to Vaik. (X. 14) he is the offspring of a love affair between a śūdra male and a vaiśya female and his avocation is the sale of salt, oil and oil cakes.

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Vaikhānasasmārtasūtra — Vikhanas, Sanskrit
Śaṅkhasmṛti — Sanskrit
Tibetan translation ('Chi med mdzod) — Classical Tibetan