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14, 220 sq. ; associating with outcast teachers or

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pupils is sinful, 14, 239 ; a Snataka shall not travel with outcasts, VWshalas, or ^udras, 14, 243 ; 30, 87 ; Vratyas or outcasts, excluded from initiation, 25, 37, 405-7, 406 n. ; he who neglects the twilight devotions becomes an outcast, 25, 49 ; outcasts excluded from 5raddha feasts, 25, 103 ; alliance with outcasts through Veda or marriage, 25, 105 ; a Snataka shall not dwell in a country swarming with men of low c, 25, 138, 141 ; flesh of animals slain by iTaWalas is pure, 25, 192; ATawdahs and 6Vapa^as, their mode of life and occupation, 25, 414 sq. and n. ; penance for sacrificing for Vratyas, 25, 47 1 ; outcasts unfit to be witnesses, 33, 89 ; ^aWalas used for searching after a thief, 33, 206 ; gifts not to be accepted from outcasts, 33, 220; occult sciences described as the arts of iTaw^alas, 6'abaras, Dravi- ^as, &c., 45, 366. See a/so Initiation (Vratyas), Sins (Abhijastas), and iudras. (/) Mixture of c, mixed c. Low mixed c. of iTaWalas, from union of 5udra with a Brahma«a woman, 1, 82, 91 ; 2, 103, 103 n. ; 15, 169; 25, 343, 404 sq., 411 ; definition of, and law regarding mixed c, 2, Ix sq. ; 7, 66 sq. ; 14, XXV, 94, 94 n., 196-8 ; 25, Ixxi sq., Ixxxi, 402-18; 33, 186-8; union of a twice-born man with a 50dra wife is sinful and degrading, 2, 69 ; 7, 112 ; 10 (ii), 49; 14, 70, 228, 228 n., 244; 25, 466 sq. and n. ; cohabitation of Aryan women with 5udras, and Aryan men with Apapatra women causes impurity, 2, 74 sq. ; low mixed c, Paulkasas, Vainas, 2, 103, 103 n.; 15, 169; mixed c. of Nishadas, 2, 103 n. ; 7, 163; 14, 228; 25, 163; 30,317; intermarriage between different c. sinful, 2, 130 sq. ; 25, 184, 184 n. ; the son of a Brahmawa who follows the profession of a Kshatriya, and the son of a 5udra born from a Brahma«a woman defile the company at a 5raddha, 2, 145 ; those who have been killed in trying to prevent mixture of c. go to heaven, 7, 18 ; crimes degrading to a mixed c, 7,

; 25, 184, 184 n. ; the son of a Brahmawa who follows the profession of a Kshatriya, and the son of a 5udra born from a Brahma«a woman defile the company at a 5raddha, 2, 145 ; those who have been killed in trying to prevent mixture of c. go to heaven, 7, 18 ; crimes degrading to a mixed c, 7,

138; 25, 444, 455; intermingling of c. results from neglect of rites, 8, 41, 55 ; in order to prevent aeonfusion of c, Brahmawas and Vaijyas may take up arms, 14, 20, 236 ; a Brahma«a who has intercourse with a K^nS\d. female becomes an outcast, or a MWala, 14, 235 ; a teacher's wives of equal or of different c, 25, 68 sq., 68 n.; learning and an excellent wife may be acquired even from men of low c, 25, 72 sq., 72 n. ; intermarriage between different c, 25, 75, 77-9? 83, 86 ; great offence of a Brahmawa, who, being invited to a ^raddha, dallies with a 5iidra woman, 25, 1 1 1 ; intercourse with a 5udra female after having partaken of a 5raddha dinner injures the manes, 25,1 2 1 ; by intercourse with inferior people a Brahmawa becomes a 5udra, 25, 167 ; if there were no punishments, a confusion of c. would arise, 25, 219; 33, 216; king's consort must be of equal c, 25, 228 ; intermixture of c. to be prevented by the king, 25, 285 ; arms may be taken up when the twiceborn c. are threatened with destruction, 25, 314, 314 n. ; mixture of c. caused by adultery, 25, 315, 315 n.; seduction of maidens by men of lower c, 25, 317 sq. ; females of low birth attained the qualities of high-born husbands, 25, 331 sq. ; confusion of c. caused by Vena, 25, 339 ; standing of wives of different c, 25, 342 sq. ; offspring of Aryan father and non-Aryan mother preferable to offspring of non- Aryan father and Aryan mother, 25, 417 sq.; those who have intercourse with women of the lowest c. are reborn as Pretas, 25, 497 ; mixed assemblages (of members of different c.) are illegal, 33, 154 ; intercourse with unchaste women, but not of higher c, permitted, 33, 180 sq. ; pa^^a^ana^ = the four c. and the Nishadas, 34, 262 ; a man of a mixed c. shall kill the dog at the horse-sacrifice, 44, 279 n. ; the 5udra woman is the Arya's mistress, 44, 326 ; the son of a Vaijya woman not initiated, 44, 326.

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; pa^^a^ana^ = the four c. and the Nishadas, 34, 262 ; a man of a mixed c. shall kill the dog at the horse-sacrifice, 44, 279 n. ; the 5udra woman is the Arya's mistress, 44, 326 ; the son of a Vaijya woman not initiated, 44, 326.

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Men are reborn in higher or lower c. , according to their actions, 1, 82 ; 2, 102 sq., 103 n., 126 ; 7, 144; 8, 322 ; 25, 485, 496 sq. ; 45, 15; a Brahmawa should be chosen as a teacher, Kshatriyas or Vaijyas only in times of distress, 2, 1 1 1 ; 14, 154 ; origin or creation of c, 8, 59; 12, 296; 14, 25; 15, 89 sq.; 25, 14, 14 n., 24 sq., 26 n., 326, 413 ; 43, 74 sq. ; c. and Ajramas, 8, 315 sq. ; 22, xxxi sq. ; the three qualities in the three c, darkness in the 5udra, goodness in the Brahma«a, 8, 329; a Bhikkhu's power of remembering to what c. he belonged in a previous birth, 11, 216 ; the c. system, and the Brahmawas, 12, xiisq. ; Indra, Agni,Vijve-devas represent nobility, priesthood, and peasantry, 12, xvi-xviii; 43, 342, 344 ; ceremonies of excommunication and readmission of a sinner, 14, 77 sq., 216; 25, 468-70; a Snataka shall beg from Brahmawas, Kshatriyas, Vaijyas, and Carpenters, 14, 159, 159 n. ; manes of the four c, 25, 112; four c. known by the Veda, 25, 505 ; three metres corresponding to the three c, 29, 59 n.; Snataka prays to become beloved among Brahman (i.e. Brahma»as), Vaijyas, 5udras, and kings, 30, 167 ; the sacrifice is for the three c, 30, 315-17 ; all the four c. are fit for the knowledge of the Itihasas and Purawas, 34, 229 ; there are four c, but none of them vomits Soma, 41, 131 ; sacrificial off'erings mystically identified with Brahman (priesthood), Kshatra (nobility), and Vij (people), 44, 41 ; men of all the four c. seized at the Purushamedha, 44, 409 sq., 413, 417; protection invoked for Kshatra, Brahman, and Vij, 44, 496 ; if there were only one Soul, there could not be Brahma«as, Kshatriyas, Vaijyas, and 5udras, 45, 418; difference of c. results from the souPs connexion with a body, though all souls are parts of Brahman and equal, 48, 564 sq. (b) Religious rites different

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