[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.c19.273 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.273 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.273 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.273](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.273) \*Dhīvara\*. Same as kaivarta and dāśa. Gaut. (IV. 17) indicates that this is a pratiloma caste sprung from a vaiśya male and a kṣatriya female (according to the view of some teachers). In the Tai. Br. III. 4. 12 Dhaivara, Dāśa and Kaivarta are separately mentioned, but how they were distinguished it is difficult to say. All caught fish in different ways. Dhimar is a scheduled caste in the Bhandara District of C. P. - [Previous: v2.c19.272](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.272) - [Next: v2.c19.274](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.274) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (2) - [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.3.4.12) — Sanskrit - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.4.17) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.273](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.273) · Pramāṇa