History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c54.216

v3.c54.216

Antyaja, applied to all lowest castes like caṇḍālas, 70; is one who eats cow's flesh according to Veda-Vyāsa, 71; most a. castes are no longer untouchable, 173; seven kinds of, enumerated in some smṛtis, 70; soldiers referred to in Mahābhārata, 70; touch of many castes of, did not require a bath for purification, 171; two groups of, distinguished by Mitākṣarā 70; twelve kinds of, mentioned by Veda-Vyāsa, 71.