Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.40
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.40
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c13.40
The familiar maxim that the duty of the śūdra is to serve the three other varṇas² recurs in the texts of the Gupta period. Just as in Manu, it is claimed that he should particularly serve the brāhmaṇas.³ In the *Śānti Parvan* a ruler boasts that in his kingdom the śūdras duly serve and wait upon the other three orders without any malice.⁴