History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.324

v2.c19.324

*Mṛtapa.* Vide pulkasa above. In the Mahābhāṣya²⁰⁰ on Pāṇ. II. 4. 10 this caste is mentioned as separate from caṇḍāla, but both are included by the Mahābhāṣya under śūdras that are *niravasita* (i. e. those who are so low in the caste system that if a vessel is used by them for eating their food from it cannot be used by any one of the other castes even after the vessel is purified by fire &c.).