[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) › c9.155 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.155 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.155 - **Language:** English ### [c9.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.155) ³ Muir, Haug and Weber take the word as active in sense, ‘moving at will’. But the verb is clearly used in the passive causative sense (\*VI, ii, 255\*), which Sāyaṇa recognises. - [Previous: c9.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.154) - [Next: c9.156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.156) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.155) · Pramāṇa