Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.228
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.228
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DĀSA. A term used as a suffix to the name of a Śūdra. In ancient India the rule was that the proper suffix for a Brahmin's name should be 'Śarmā', for a Kṣatriya's name, 'Varmā', for a Vaiśya's name, 'Gupta' and for a Śūdra's name, 'Dāsa'. (See under Cāturvarṇya).