Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.94
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c13.94
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c13.94
Nārada and Bṛhaspati strongly deprecate the attitude of the wretch who, being independent, sells himself.⁶ The Anuśāsana Parvan states that a person should not sell others; how much more one’s own children.⁷ Although rules for manumission of slaves (especially āryan) are found in Kauṭilya, the ceremony for their emancipation is first laid down by Nārada.⁸ All this may have undermined the slave system.