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# History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.268

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.268

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### [v2.c19.268](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.268)

\*Dāśa\* (a fisherman). This occurs in an Upaniṣad passage according to Vedānta-sūtra II. 3. 43. Veda-Vyāsa (I. 12-13) includes him among antyajas (vide footnote 173). Manu X. 34 says that mārgava, dāsa (dāśa?) and kaivarta are the same and that he subsists by plying boats. Pāṇ. (III. 4. 73) derives the word. Vide under kaivarta.

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## Linked texts (4)

- [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi.3.4.73) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit
- [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.34) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit
- [Brahmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.3.43) — Bādarāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Vyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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