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NÄRADA.
XII, 109.
springs from the union of a Kshatriya with a Sudra woman. A Sûdra woman obtains from a Brahman a son (called) Pårasava, who is superior (to the Nishâda).
109. Thus have the sons born in the direct order of castes been declared. The two sons called Sata. and Magadha as well as the Ayogava,
110. And the Kshattri and Vaidehaka are begotten in the inverse order of castes. The Sata is declared to be an Anantara, begotten by a Kshatriya on a Brahman woman.
111. Similarly, the Magadha and Âyogava are the sons of Vaisya and Sudra fathers (and of a Brahman mother). A Brahman woman obtains of a Vaisya father an Ekântara son, the Vaidehaka.
12. A Kshatriya woman (obtains of a Sadra) an Ekântara son, called Kshattri. A Dvyantara son in the inverse order, the most abject of men, because he is the fruit of sinful intercourse,
113. Kandala by name, is born of a Sudra, when a Brahman woman forgets herself (with him). Therefore must the king take special care to prevent women from sinful intercourse with men of different caste.
THIRTEENTH TITLE OF LAW.
THE LAW OF INHERITANCE. *1. Where a partition of the paternal property
113. The Nepalese MS. inserts the following before the clause beginning with the word . Therefore :'--Because confusion of the castes springs up, where the king keeps no watch over them.'
XIII, 1. The term sons' includes by implication grandsons and
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| SR No. | 007673 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 03 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | L H Mills |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1887 |
| Total Pages | 2618 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |