History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.199

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¹⁵⁸¹ Pulkasas and Śvapākas were degraded and untouchable castes Vide H. of Dh. vol. II pp. 88-89 for Pulkasa and p. 97 for Śvapāka (lit. who subsists on dog-meat). Pulkasa occurs in Vāj. S. 30. 17. Kirātas are assigned to caves in Vāj. S. 30. 16 The Ābhīras are described as dasyus and mlecchas in Mausala-parva 7. 46-63, they are said to have attacked Arjuna in Pañcanada when he was taking women with him after Kṛṣṇa's passing away and to have carried away Vṛṣṇi women (Mausala 8. 16-17) Vide also the same account in Viṣṇupurāṇa V. 38 12-28 Matsya 273 18 speaks of ten Ābhīra kings. The Khasa tribe had the custom of a brother marrying his deceased brother's widow. Vide H of Dh vol. III. p 861 n 1671.