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________________ OTAL LIFE AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS 141 very manner of enumeration, it is clear that ey were to be linked up with any of the recognised grades, it was with the Suddas. ast, in Panini's Sūtra (ii, 4.10—śūdrānāṁ vasitānām), they are classed with the aras. Here Panini distinguishes the Śūdras two classes: (1) the aniravasita, meaning who were not considered outside the pale Indo-Aryan society (abahiskṛta-śūdrāḥ), the niravasita or those who were contside thereof. As explained in thé s, the latter class comprised those were untouchables or pariahs. artapas and the Hadḍipas or illustrations of this class. sita Šūdras, Pāṇini's wherds (cattle kters, wood Bhil om a side Šūdras The Can malegrahis As illustration commentators ment rearers), barbers, gola .carvers, blacksmiths, washer las and fishermen. When a pound is formed of names of the Suck the fold, it has a neuter singular form gopa-näpitam, karmara-kumbhakāram; if names of the Śūdras outside the fold, it has a masculine dual or plural form, e.g., Candala. hadḍipau. In the Assalāyaṇa Sutta, the Y Kambojas are mentioned as peoples whose social tion only between ጎ uring distinc grades of ayy
SR No.011047
Book TitleIndia As Described In Early Texts Of Buddhism and Jainism
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorBimla Charn Law
PublisherBimlacharan Law
Publication Year
Total Pages279
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size9 MB
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