[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) › c8.117 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.117 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.117 - **Language:** English ### [c8.117](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.117) ² In RV, I. 174.2 Geldner translates mṛdhravācaḥ as ‘missrederd’. - [Previous: c8.116](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.116) - [Next: c8.118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.118) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.174.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.117](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.117) · Pramāṇa