Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.923
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.923
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“Long ago a Brāhmaṇa’s wife gave birth to a boy. The boy was given the name Mataṅga. His father sent him in a chariot drawn by a donkey, in connection with a yāga which he wanted to perform. Mataṅga whipped the donkey mercilessly. Seeing this, the donkey’s mother said to Mataṅga—“You are not a Brāhmaṇa. Brāhmaṇas cannot be so cruel. You are a Caṇḍāla (a man of the lowest caste) born to your mother by a barber.”