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NARADA.

XII, 109.

springs from the union of a Kshatriya with a Sudra
woman. A Sudra woman obtains from a Brahman
a son (called) Parasava, who is superior (to the
Nishada).
109. Thus have the sons born in the direct order
of castes been declared. The two sons called Suta
and Magadha as well as the Ayogava,
110. And the Kshattrf andVaiclehaka are begotten
in the inverse order of castes. The Suta is declared
to be an Anantara, begotten by a Kshatriya on a
Brahman woman.
hi. Similarly, the Magadha and Ayogava are
the sons of Vaisya and Sudra fathers (and of a
Brahman mother). A Brahman woman obtains of
a Vahya father an Ekantara son, the Vaidehaka.
112. A Kshatriya woman (obtains of a Sudra) an
Ekantara son, called Kshattzz. A Dvyantara son in
the inverse order, the most abject of men, because he
is the fruit of sinful intercourse,
113. WaWala by name, is born of a Sudra, when
a Brahman woman forgets herself (with him). There-
fore must the king take special care to prevent
women from sinful intercourse with men of different
caste.
THIRTEENTH TITLE OF LAW.
The Law of Inheritance.
*1. Where a partition of the paternal property
113. The Nepalese MS. inserts the following before the clause
beginning with the word ‘Therefore:’—‘Because confusion of the
castes springs up, where the king keeps no watch over them.’
XIII, 1. The term‘sons’ includes by implication grandsons and