Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.75
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.75
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There is also some information about the condition of domestic servants. The *Kāmasūtra* informs us that, in addition to food and drink, servants (*bhṛtyas*) should receive their wages monthly or annually.⁶ The *Śānti Parvan* emphasises that the śūdra servant must be maintained by masters of the three higher varṇas.⁷ But it repeats the old rule that he should be given worn out umbrellas, turbans, beds and seats, shoes and fans, and torn clothes by the twice-born.¹