Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.330
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c12.330
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Some low castes of the above type are also mentioned in a Buddhist source. It is stated that the followers of the Buddha or the Bodhisatta shall have nothing to do with the caṇḍālas, kaukkuṭikas (poulterers), saṃkarikas (pork butchers), śauṇḍikas (sellers and vendors of spirituous liquors),⁸ maṃsakas (butchers), mauṣṭikas (boxers), naṭa-nartakas (actors and dancers), jhallas and mallas (wrestlers).⁹ These people were despised by the Buddhists on account of their association with cruel and unpuritanical activities.