[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.c19.356 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.356 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.356 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.356](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.356) \*Śūlika\*. According to Uśanas (42) he is the offspring of a clandestine union between a brāhmaṇa and a śūdra female and his avocation is to impale those offenders who are sentenced to be impaled. According to Vaik. (X. 13) and Sūtasaṁhitā he is the offspring of a clandestine union between a kṣatriya male and a śūdra female. - [Previous: v2.c19.355](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.355) - [Next: v2.c19.357](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.357) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (3) - [Auśanasasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.usanas) — Uśanas (Śukra), Sanskrit - [Vaikhānasadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vaikhanasa) — Vikhanas, Sanskrit - [Sūtasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.sutasamhita) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.356](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.356) · Pramāṇa