Devala-smriti (critical study)
by Mukund Lalji Wadekar | 1982 | 67,394 words
This essay represents an English study of the Devala-smriti—an ancient text attributed to sage Devala classified as belonging to the Dharma-Shastra branch of Indian literature which encompasses jurisprudence and religious law. This study deals with the reconstructed text of the Devalasmriti based on surviving references, emphasizing Devala’s unique...
3.6. Status of several castes
[Full title: (B) The distinctive social features; (I) Varnajativiveka (6): Status of several castes].
The author declares in one verse, the status of persons, born from different marriages. Those that are born from savarna relations are the best, lower in status than savarnas are those produced from anuloma marriages, while antaralas are beyond the system of four varnas & those from pratiloma marriages are patita (fallen or degraded). kalpana's