Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.383
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c10.383
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It is argued that the non-performance of various ceremonies and sacrifices were an advantage to the śūdra, who was free from the obligation of observing them.¹¹ But what was an advantage to him from the modern point of view was a disadvantage according to the dominant social outlook of those times, which condemned those who did not perform sacrifice to a low social status.¹²