History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.262

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.262

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v2.c19.262

*Tantuvāya* (a weaver), also called kuvinda. He is mentioned in Viṣṇu Dh. S. (51. 13) and Śaṅkha quoted by Aparārka p. 1175. He is regarded as a śūdra by the Mahābhāṣya on Pāṇ. II. 4. 10 and as excluded from sacrificial rites.

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Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit
Śaṅkhasmṛti — Sanskrit