History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c96.s1.59

v7.c96.s1.59

²⁶²⁰ It was, for example, provided by Vasiṣṭha (II. 27) and Manu X. 92 that a brāhmaṇa becomes a śūdra by selling milk for three days. In the present author's boyhood some poor brāhmaṇas had begun to sell milk and the result was that they were very much looked down upon by the villagers There would be the temptation to add water to the milk to gain money.