[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) › c9.332 # Shudras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.332 Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 c9.332 - **Language:** English ### [c9.332](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.332) ⁶ aśuddhastakṣā. \*Śat. Br.\*, I. 1.3.12. Brough suggests that this may be due to an earlier idea of offence to the wood-land-spirits in the desecration of the tree. Banerjea, \*Studies in the Brāhmaṇas\*, p. 127, fn. 2. - [Previous: c9.331](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.331) - [Next: c9.333](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.333) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.1.1.3.12) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.332](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.332) · Pramāṇa