Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1698

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1698

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c9.1698

ŚAUṆḌIKAS. A Caste. Originally they were Kṣatriyas. Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 35, Verse 17, mentions that they were debased on account of a curse by a Brāhmaṇa.

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit