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The Sacred Laws of the Âryas: Baudhâyana - Prasna I, Adhyâya 9
Kandikâ 17
1. The Rathakâra (carpenter), the Ambashtha, the Sûta (charioteer), the Ugra, the Mâgadha, the Âyogava, the Vaina, the Kshattri, the Pulkasa, the Kukkuta, the Vaidehaka, the Kandâla, and so forth,1
2. Among these, sons of equal caste (spring) from women of equal caste.
3. A Brâhmana (begets) on a female of the Kshatriya caste a Brâhmana, on a female of the Vaisya caste an Ambashtha, on a female of the Sûdra caste a Nishâda,2
4. (According to) some a Pârasava.
5. A Kshatriya (begets) on a female of the Vaisya caste a Kshatriya, on a female of the Sûdra caste an Ugra.
6. A Vaisya (begets) on a female of the Sûdra caste a Rathakâra.
7. A Sûdra begets on a female of the Vaisya caste a Mâgadha, on a female of the Kshatriya caste a Kshattri, but on a female of the Brâhmana caste a Kandâla.3
8. A Vaisya begets on a female of the Kshatriya caste an Âyogava, on a female of the Brâhmana caste a Sûta.
9. If among these an Ambashtha (male) and an Ugra (female) unite, (their son) will be born in the direct order of the castes (Anuloma).4
10. If a Kshattri (male) and a Vaidehaka (female) unite, (their son will be) born against the order of the castes (Pratiloma).
11. An Ugra (begets) on a female of the Kshattri caste a Svapâka,5
12. A Vaidehaka on a female of the Ambashtha caste a Vaina,
13. A Nishâda on a female of the Sûdra caste a Pulkasa,6
14. A Sûdra on a female of the Nishâda caste a Kukkutaka.
15. The wise declare those sprung from an inter-mixture of the castes to be Vrâtyas.7
Footnotes
1. Manu X, 26-27.
2. See above, I, 8, 16, 6-7.
3. See above, I, 8, 16, 8.
4. I.e. the offspring of individuals of different Anuloma castes again become Anulomas, and the offspring of individuals of different Pratiloma castes, Pratilomas.
5. Manu X, 19.
6. See above, I, 8, 16, 11-12.
7. Gautama IV, 25.
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