[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958) › c8.109 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.109 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.109 - **Language:** English ### [c8.109](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.109) ⁴ \*sá vṛtrahéndraḥ kṛṣṇayóniḥ purandaródásīrairyadví...RV, II. 20.7. Sāyaṇa’s comm. But Geldner suggests that dasiḥ implies understood púraḥ, and that the poet is thinking in terms of pregnancy.\* - [Previous: c8.108](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.108) - [Next: c8.110](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.110) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.109](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.109) · Pramāṇa