History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.313

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.313

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v2.c19.313

*Madgu.* Mentioned in Manu X. 48 as subsisting by killing wild beasts. Kullūka on that verse explains that according to Baudhāyana he is the offspring of a brāhmaṇa from a bandin female. Vaik. X. 12 says that he is the offspring of the marriage of a kṣatriya male with a vaiśya female and subsists as a merchant (śreṣṭhin) and does not take to the profession of a warrior.

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Linked texts (3)

Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit
Baudhāyanadharmasūtra — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit
Vaikhānasadharmasūtra — Vikhanas, Sanskrit