Sambodhi 1996 Vol 20

Author(s): Jitendra B Shah, N M Kansara
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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rathakāra (VS.30.6), pauñjistha, nişāda (30.8), ksattā (VS. 30.13), dltīvara, dāsa,
mārgara, 'kaivarta, kirāta (30.16) pulkasa (30.17), candāla (30.21), etc. 14. Different professions pursued by the mixed castes are also given in detail; e.g.
taskara (VS. 30.6), takșan, maņikāra, işukāra, dhanuşkāra, jyākāra, rajjusarja, mrgayu, śvanin (30.7), bhisak, naksatradarśa, praśnin, abhipraśnin, praśnavivāka (30,10), hastipa, aśvapa, gopala, avipālaka, ajapālaka, kināśa, surākāra, gȚhapa, vittadha (30.11), dvārahāra, agnyedha, abhişektä, pariveşaņakartā (30,12), upasektā, aśvasāda, parivestä (30.13), ayastāpa (30.14), ajinasandha, carmanna (30.15), hiranyakāra (30.17), carakācārya (30.18), vīņāvāda, tūņavadhma, śarkhadhma, vanapa, dāvapa (30.18), etc. As P.V. Kane remarks ....it is extremely doubtful whether they had become petrified castes at the period of these works", History of
Dharmasāstra, vol. 5, pt. 2. p. 1633. 15. E.g. virahana (VS. 30.5) and vrātya (30.8). 16. E.g. klība (VS. 30.5), kubja, vāniana, srāma, andha, badhira (30.10), sidhmala
(30.17), mūka (30.19), pūthasarpin (30.21), khalati, haryakşa, kirmira, kilāsa, śuklavarna, krsna-pingākṣa (30.21), pivana, atidirgha, atihrasva, atisthūla, atikrsna,
atiśukla, atikrśa, atikulva, atiloniasa (30.21), etc. 17. E.g. rebha (VS. 30.6), kāri, strīsakha, kumārīputra (30.6), durmada, unmatta,
apratipada, kitava, adyūtakȚt (30.8), jāra, upapati (30.9), snehahrdaya, pišuna, priyavādin (30.13), parivitta (30.9), parivividāna edidhişūhpati, upada (30.9).
Women of different professions and characters are also mentioned; e.g. pumscalū, asū, yanasů (30.14), avatokā, paryāyini, avijātā, atitvari, atiskadvarī, vivarjara, palikni (30.15), sabalyā (30.20), bidalakārī, kantakīkārī (30.8) peśaskārī, smarakāri (30.9), văsahpalpulī, rajayitrī (30.13).
18. While sanctioning expiatory rite for vomiting Soma in sacrifice, ŚB. 5.5.4.9 reads:
Catvāro vai varņāļ brāhmaṇo, rājanyo, vaisyah, sūdra). Na haiteșām ekaścana bhavati - yaḥ somani vamati. Sah yadaiteșām ekaścit syāt - syāddhaiva prāyaścittih. The Taittiriyā--Samlita, 2.3.2.7 ordains the procedure : Yah somavāmi syāt tasmā etant somendram śyānākam carum nirvapet.
19. Rathakārasyādhane, Kātyāyana-srauta-sútra (KÁS), 1.1.9; see also Baudhāyana
Śrauta-sútra (BśS), 2.2.15 and Āpastamba-Śrauta-sútra, 5.3.18. See also Rathakarādhikarana (6.1.2.44-50) in the Mimāmsādarśana for the relevant Vedic passages
and detailed discussion regarding the eligibility of the rathakāra for the sacrifice. 20. Api vā laukike 'gnau syād ādhānasyāsarvasesatvāt, Jaimini's Mināmsāsūtra, 6.8.3.21;