Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.491

Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.491

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c13.491

Singing, presumably for the entertainment of the people, seems to have been an important occupation of the ḍombas.⁸ They lived on singing and selling winnowing baskets and similar articles.⁹ The Amarakosa includes caṇḍālikā, a kind of vulgar lute, in the śudra-varga,¹⁰ which may suggest that the caṇḍālas also had some share in providing popular entertainment.

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Bhāgavatapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Bhagavadgītā — Vyāsa, Sanskrit