[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.c19.374 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.374](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.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. - [Previous: v2.c19.373](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.373) - [Next: v2.c19.375](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.375) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.38) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.374](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.374) · Pramāṇa