[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.c19.314 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.314 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.314 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.314](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.314) \*Maṇikāra.\* According to Uśanas (39-40) he is the offspring of a clandestine union between a kṣatriya male and a vaiśya female and he gains his livelihood by working on beads, by perforating pearls and dealing in coral and conches. According to the Sūtasaṃhitā he is the clandestine offspring of a vaiśya male from a vaiśya female. - [Previous: v2.c19.313](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.313) - [Next: v2.c19.315](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.315) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (2) - [Auśanasasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.usanas) — Uśanas (Śukra), Sanskrit - [Sūtasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.sutasamhita) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.314](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.314) · Pramāṇa