[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) › v4.c64.52 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.52 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.52 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c64.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.52) क्षत्तृ—Chamberlain. Vide p. 111 above. He is one of the '\*ratnins\*'. According to Manu X. 16 and Yāj. I. 94 the offspring of a kṣatriya woman from a śūdra male was called \*kṣattṛ\* and it is probable that such mixed offspring were employed as door-keepers or chamberlains. - [Previous: v4.c64.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.51) - [Next: v4.c64.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.53) - [Up: v4.c64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64) ## Cites (2) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.16) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.94) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.52) · Pramāṇa