Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1988

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1988

Language: English

c7.1988

KĀṆVAŚIRAS. A caste. Originally they were Kṣatriyas. In Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 35, Verse 17 we find that they were reduced to low caste because of their being jealous of the superiority of the Brāhmaṇas.

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit