Shudra
group · 2 works · 6 mentions · 9 anchored passages
Shudra guide · Shudra woman/wife · the guide · Śūdra
spoken of as
1 expressionBoundary Guide“Shudra”1 mention
Bṛhaspati Smṛti (Sanskrit)
If a Shudra is the guide, having adorned him with the insignia of a eunuch, having smeared his face with the ash of a corpse, having made a five-fingered mark on his chest with the blood of an ignoble animal, and having tied entrails around his neck, he should carry the boundary clod of earth on his head with his own hand.
in the texts
Bṛhaspati Smṛti
The lowest of the four varnas, explicitly barred from judicial appointment.
he should carefully avoid a Shudra.
This fine is ordained for a good Shudra who is not at fault.
/ With whatever limb a Shudra strikes one of the twice-born in anger, / that limb of his should be cut off;
Manusmṛti
The servant class, excluded from twice-born initiation and used as a negative comparison for ritual lapses.
for he is equal to a Śūdra as long as he is not born in the Veda.
The twice-born should diligently seek to settle in these countries;
The name of a Brāhmaṇa should be auspicious, of a Kṣatriya connected with power, of a Vaiśya with wealth, but of a Śūdra contemptible.