Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c11.225

Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c11.225

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c11.225

² *vivāhānantu trayāṇāṃ pūrveṣāṃ varṇānāṃ pāṇigrahaṇātsiddhamupāvartanam śūdrāṇāṃ ca prakarmaṇām*. AŚ, III. 15. *TSS* has *prakarmaṇaḥ* (II. p. 92). He explains this as *yonikṣatimavadhikṛtya*, i.e. the loss of virginity of the girl. SS's translation of this term as 'nuptials' does not make sense. Meyer translates it as 'Beischlafung' (p. 296).

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Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit