Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.992

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.992

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DRĀVIDAS. It is stated in Mahābhārata (Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 33, Stanza 22) that the drāvidas were originally Kṣatriyas and that they became Śūdras by the curse of Brāhmaṇas.

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit