Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.495
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.495
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The ḍombas and the mātaṅgas had their own deities known as the Yakṣas (Jakkhas).¹¹ A Jain source informs us that the shrine of the Jakkhas of the mātaṅgas was built on the bones of human beings who had died recently.¹² This practice was probably the result of the caṇḍāla’s association with the cremation grounds.