Dāsa
group · 5 works · 25 mentions · 28 anchored passages
Dāsas · slave · the Dāsa · Dasyus · Dāsa women · Dāsa-peoples · Slave · female slave · servant · slaves of fifteen kinds
spoken of as
2 expressionsSlave“Dāsa”4 mentions
Kātyāyana Smṛti (Sanskrit) · Nāradasmṛti (Sanskrit) · Ancient Law (English)
The removal of urine and feces, and being naked for rubbing—these tasks, and the catching of cows and the like, should generally be done by the sons of female slaves.
Dāsas3 mentions
Rigveda (Sanskrit) · Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) (Sanskrit)
Indra and Agni shook down ninety strongholds ruled by Dāsas — together with a single deed.
in the texts
Rigveda
Hostile group/rule under which the waters were held bound before Indra's release.
The waters stood still, guarded by the Dāsa's rule, guarded by the serpent — dammed up like cows held by a Paṇi.
the Dāsa slaves did not shake the tightly bound one loose.
he made the earth a couch for the Dāsa.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The Dāsa people/colour, cast down and concealed by Indra.
who cast the Dāsa colour downward into concealment;
Cut away, as of old, like the tangled growth of a creeper;
The Dāsas with sapless arms dig you up on the dark side of the mother.
Kātyāyana Smṛti
Persons held in bondage, whose menial duties, vulnerability to sexual exploitation, and paths to freedom are legislated.
The removal of urine and feces, and being naked for rubbing—these tasks, and the catching of cows and the like, should generally be done by the sons of female slaves.
He who, not being in distress and being capable, wishes to sell his devoted female slave while she is crying out, shall incur a fine of two hundred.
He who has intercourse with his own female slave, and she gives birth from it, considering the seed, she should be made free, and she is not a slave along with her issue.
Ancient Law
A person held in a status of bondage, cited as an example of a status superseded by contract.
Thus the status of the Slave has disappeared—it has been superseded by the contractual relation of the servant to his master.
Nāradasmṛti
A person in bondage, classified into fifteen kinds by origin, with specific rules for release from slavery.
One maintained during a famine is released from slavery by giving a pair of oxen.
And having said 'He is not a slave' three times, facing east, he should then release him.
Of these, the first four are not released from slavery, except by the grace of the master;