Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.664

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tenor of the fowler’s statement is quite in keeping with Vaiṣṇavite doctrines, and provides a good example of acculturation. Even the Buddhistic argument in the *Vajrasūci* that Vyāsa, Kauśika, Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha all were lowborn but came to be regarded as brāhmaṇas on account of their conduct in this world¹ is apparently derived from the old tradition embodied in the Purāṇas.