[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) › c8.127 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.127 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.127 - **Language:** English ### [c8.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.127) ⁶ \*yá ṛṣādámhaso mucádyóváryāt saptásíndhuṣu; vádhardāsásya tuviṛmṇa nīnamaḥ. RV\*, VIII. 24.27. Geldner takes the passage in the sense of Indra’s turning aside the weapon of the Dāsa from the Āryan. - [Previous: c8.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.126) - [Next: c8.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.128) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.127) · Pramāṇa