History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.322

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.322

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v2.c19.322

*Māhiṣya.* According to the view of some teachers mentioned in Gaut. IV. 17 and Yāj. I. 92 he is an anuloma caste sprung from the marriage of a kṣatriya with a vaiśya woman. According to the Sahyādrikhaṇḍa (26. 45-46) he is entitled to upanayana and his avocations are astrology, augury, prognostications due to *svara*. According to the Sūtasaṁhitā he is the same as ambaṣṭha.

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Linked texts (3)

Yājñavalkyasmṛti — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit
Gautamadharmasūtra — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit
Sūtasaṃhitā — Sanskrit