[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.922 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.922 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.922 - **Language:** English ### [c5.922](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.922) KSHATTRI. A name by which Vidura was familiarly called. The term, as explained in Manu, means the son of a Sūdra father and Brāhman mother, but Vidura’s father was a Brāhman and his mother a slave girl. - [Previous: c5.921](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.921) - [Next: c5.923](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.923) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.922](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.922) · Pramāṇa