Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.170

Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.170

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c12.170

It is laid down that the king should take up the cases of the litigants in the order of their varṇas.¹⁰ In settling the law he should take into account the customs of every caste.¹¹ Conduct of good people is regarded as a source of law by Manu,¹² and according to a commentator of the 17th cen. A.D., this includes the practice of the good śūdras as well.¹

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Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit