mixed castes
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Śvapāka · Ambaṣṭha · Andhra · Antyāvasāyin · Caṇḍāla · Dhigvaṇa · Dāsa · Kaivarta · Kukkuṭaka · Kārāvara
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Manusmṛti
The many named castes born from unions across or against the varna order, each assigned specific occupations and social restrictions.
for the `Vaidehakas`, service to women;
the low beget low castes, fifteen in all.
From a Vaiśya, the `Māgadha` and the `Vaideha`;
Parāśara Smṛti
A degraded 'dog-cooking' group used both as an object of forbidden contact and a simile for extreme social degradation.
The *Brahmakūrca* (ब्रह्मकूर्च) performed for a day and a night purifies even a dog-eater (*śvapāka* श्वपाक).
A Śūdra who is ever addicted to liquor and meat and engaged in low deeds—a Brāhmaṇa should avoid him from afar, like a dog-eater (*śvapāka* श्वपाक).
If a Śūdra has intercourse with a *Śvapāka* (श्वपाक) woman or a *Caṇḍāla* (चण्डाल) woman, he should perform the *Prājāpatya Kṛcchra* (प्राजापत्य कृच्छ्र) and give four pairs of cows.
Viṣṇu Smṛti
Castes arising from unions between different varnas, each assigned a specific hereditary occupation
Hunting is the occupation of the *pulkasas*.
And they inherit their own father's property.
And the mixed castes from these unions are innumerable.