History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.374

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.374

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v2.c19.374

*Sopāka.* According to Manu (X. 38) he is the offspring of a caṇḍāla male and a pukkasa female, subsists by the profession of being hangman to those whom the king condemns to death.

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Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit