[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958) › c10.320 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.320 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.320 - **Language:** English ### [c10.320](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.320) ⁷ The contrast between the brāhmaṇa and the vṛṣala is emphasised in the Nirukta, III. 16. 8. ...āryādhiṣṭhitā vā śūdrāḥ samūskartāraḥ syuḥ. Āp. Dh. S., II. 2.3.1-4. The passage does not occur in a later ms. (G according to Bühler's classification). Obviously it was removed in later times to exclude the śūdras completely from preparing food. - [Previous: c10.319](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.319) - [Next: c10.321](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.321) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10) ## Cites (2) - [Āpastambadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.apastamba.2.2.3.1) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.3.16) — Yāska, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.320](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c10.320) · Pramāṇa