Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.213

Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.213

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c12.213

Manu holds that the higher the varṇa, the greater is the crime in committing theft; the guilt of a śūdra is considered the smallest,⁷ for the habit of stealing is thought to be more usual with him.

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Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit