Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.365
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.365
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The old fiction about the origin of the four varṇas⁷ continues to be repeated, but the *Vāyu* and *Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇas* affirm the statement of Manu that Vasiṣṭha was the progenitor of the śūdras,⁸ which means lending legitimacy to their improved social status.