[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s20.595 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.595 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.595 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.595](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.595) ⁸ \*Indiens Literatur und Cultur\*, 366. Cf. Zimmer, \*Altindisches Leben\*, 39, 119. In the later system (Manu, x. 8) the Niṣāda is the offspring of a Brāhmaṇa and of a Śūdra woman, while the Bṛhatsaṃhitā of Varāhamihira (xiv. 10) recognizes a kingdom (rāṣṭra) of Niṣādas in the south-east of Madhyadeśa. In the Pāli texts (Fick, \*Die sociale Gliederung\*, 12, 160, 206 \*et seq.\*) they are wild hunters and fishers. Cf. also Muir, \*Sanskrit Texts\*, I², 301, 303, 366, n. 164, 403, 481. - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.594](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.594) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.596](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.596) - [Up: v1.c3.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20) ## Linked texts (2) - [Bṛhatsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.rsi.brhatsamhita.14.10) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.8) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.595](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.595) · Pramāṇa