Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.131
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.131
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⁶ *rucam viśyeṣu śūdreṣu mayi dhehi rucā rucam*. *TS*, V. 7.6. 4; *VS*, XVIII. 48; *KS*, XL. 13; *MS*, III. 111. 4.8; *TS*, V. 7.6. The *Śat. Br.*, IX. 4.2.14 has “*rucam no dhehi brāhmaṇeṣvi’ ti*”. J. Eggeling thinks that the other three varṇas are understood, and, therefore, in translating the passage notes them in the brackets (*SBE*, xliii, 238). But the text probably furnishes a typical example of brāhmaṇical juggling with the old ritual in the interests of their priestly pretensions.
Linked texts (5)
- Taittirīyasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Kāṭhakasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Vājasaneyisaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit