[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.c19.324 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.324 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.324 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.324](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.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.). - [Previous: v2.c19.323](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.323) - [Next: v2.c19.325](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.325) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi.2.4.10) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.324](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.324) · Pramāṇa