[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.c19.262 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.262](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.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. - [Previous: v2.c19.261](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.261) - [Next: v2.c19.263](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.263) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (2) - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.13) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Śaṅkhasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.sankhalikhita.sankha) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.262](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.262) · Pramāṇa