[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) › c8.64 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.64 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c8.64 - **Language:** English ### [c8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.64) ³ ...dásaveśdya cávaḥ. RV, II. 13.8. Sāyaṇa interprets this as the destruction of the dāsas, but VI, i, 358 takes it as the name of a Dāsa. - [Previous: c8.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.63) - [Next: c8.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.65) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.2.13.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.64) · Pramāṇa