Jainism And Its History

Author(s): Sagarmal Jain
Publisher: Research Foundation for Jainology

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the seven Varnas the union of man with a woman of the same Varna led to four basic Varnas; the union of Brahmin man and Ksatriya woman, Ksatriya man and Vaisya woman and Vaisya man and Śudrawoman led to the creation of other three Varnas. Acārānga-Curni, while classifying this, says that the child born out of the union of a Brahmin man and Ksatriya woman is called the best Ksatriya, pure Ksatriya or Sankara Ksatriya; this is the fifth Varna. Similarly, the child born from Ksatriya man and Vaisya woman is called best Vaisya, pure Vaisya or Sankara-Vaisya. This is the sixth Varna. And the child born from the union of Vaisya man and Śudra woman is pure Śudra or SankaraŚudra. This is the seventh Varna. Further, on the basis of relationships between similar and dissimilar Varnas nine antarvarnas evolved. From the relationship of Brahmin man and Vaisya woman Ambasta-Varna originated which is the eighth Varna. The union of Ksatriya man and Śudra woman led to the creation of Ugra-Varna, which is the ninth Varna. From the relationship of Brahmin man and Sudra woman evolved the tenth Varna called Nisada. Eleventh Varna evolved out of the union of Sundra man and Vaisya woman. This is called AyogaVarna. Then Suta-Varna evolved from Ksatriya man and Brahmin woman; this is the thirteenth Varna. The union between Sudra man and Ksatriya woman led to the origin of Ksatra (Khanna) Varna, the fourteenth Varna. The union of Vaisya man and Brahmin woman led to the origin of fifteenth Varna called Vedeha. And finally from Sudra man and Brahmin woman was born the sixteenth Varna called Candāla. In the process of time such unions between sixteenVarnas (Anuloma and Pratiloma) led to the emergence of several different castes.
The above description reveals that with the time, Jaina Acāryas accepted the institutions of Jati and Varna of Hindu Jainism and its History | 86