[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c6.2523 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.2523 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.2523 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.2523](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2523) ² J. iv. 363; they were called brahmins by courtesy \*vohāravasena\* (ibid., 366). According to the \*Mānavadhammasāstra\*, they were not sprung from Kṣatriya father and a slave (presumably Śūdra) mother, as given in the \*Ambaṭṭha Sutta\*, but from a brahmin father and a Vaisya mother. - [Previous: v1.c6.2522](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2522) - [Next: v1.c6.2524](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2524) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) ## Cites (3) - [Jātakatthavaṇṇanā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka!jatakatthavannana*cst.14.12.240) — Pāli - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka) — Pāli - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2523](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.2523) · Pramāṇa