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¹ Bālakāṇḍa., VI. The Uttarakāṇḍa, which is later than the rest of the Rāmāyaṇa, records an episode which found an echo in subsequent Sanskrit literature. Śūdras were forbidden to practise religious austerities, lest the Brāhmaṇas and Kṣatriyas should be enfeebled. A Śūdra who dared to transgress the prohibition was killed by Rāma with his own hand. (Uttarakāṇḍa, LXXXVII—XCI.) ² Bālakāṇḍa, VII, for instance ³ Ibid., VI. ⁴ Ibid., V. ⁵ Ibid., XIII. ⁶ Ayodhyākāṇḍa, LXXXII.