[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958) › c13.231 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.231 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.231 - **Language:** English ### [c13.231](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.231) ⁵ The \*Amarakośa\* distinguishes between \*śūdrī\* who is the wife of a śūdra, and \*śūdrā\* who is a woman of the śūdra tribe. The woman of the Ābhīra tribe is called \*mahāśūdrī\*. \*AK\*, II. 6.13. - [Previous: c13.230](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.230) - [Next: c13.232](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.232) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13) ## Cites (1) - [Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana (Amarakośa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.paryaya.amarakosa*bo) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.231](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c13.231) · Pramāṇa