Riddle No. 18 Manu’s madness or the Brahmanic explanation of the origin of the mixed castes. - Page 227

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216 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES

In the list of Fallen Castes Manu includes those Kshatriyas who have become Shudras by reason of the disuse of Aryan rites and ceremonies and loss of services of the Brahmin priests. They are enumerated by Manu as under:

  1. Paundrakas 7. Paradas
2. Cholas 8. Pahlvas
3. Dravidas 9. Chinas
4. Kambhojas 10. Kiratas
5. Yavanas 11. Daradas
6. Sakas

By Sankara Castes Manu means Castes the members of which are born of parents who do not belong to the same caste.

These mixed castes he divides into various categories (1) Progeny of different Aryan Castes which he subdivides into two classes (a) Anuloma and (b) Pratiloma, (2) Progeny of Anuloma and Pratiloma Castes and (3) Progeny of Non-Aryan and the Aryan Anuloma and Pratiloma Castes. Those included by Manu under the head of mixed castes are shown below under different categories:

  1. PROGENY OF MIXED ARYAN CASTES

Father Mother Progeny known as Anuloma or Pratiloma Brahman Kshatriya ? Brahman Vaishya Ambashta Anuloma Brahman Shudra Nishad (Parasava) Anuloma Kshatriya Brahman Suta Pratiloma Kshatriya Vaishya ? Kshatriya Shudra Ugra Anuloma Vaishya Brahman Vaidehaka Pratiloma Vaishya Kshatriya Magadha Pratiloma Vaishya Shudra Karana Anuloma Shudra Brahman Chandala Pratiloma Shudra Kshatriya Ksattri Pratiloma Shudra Vaishya Ayogava Pratiloma

  1. PROGENY OF ARYAN CASTES WITH ANULOMA-PRATILOMA CASTES

Father Mother Progeny known as

  1. Brahman Ugra Avrita

  2. Brahman Ambashta Abhira

  3. Brahman Abhira Dhigvana

  4. Shudra Nishada Kukutaka