'Niravasita' (Pāṇini, 2. 4. 10)

The celebrated grammarian Pāṇini (7th cent. B.C.)¹ reads in his Aṣtādhyāyī a rule: Śūdrāṇām aniravasitānām (Pāṇ 2. 4. 10) enjoining the case-affix in singular number to the samāhāra-dvandva compound in which the members denote śūdras who are unexpelled (from the communication of higher classes)². In other words, the rule signifies that the unexpelled śūdras, when

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मूर्ति पाणिनि के 'अनिरवसितानाम्' (२.४.१०) तथा उस पर पतञ्जलि की व्याख्या को प्राचीन भारत में बहिष्कार के सामाजिक इतिहास का प्रमाण मानते हैं। वाजसनेयि संहिता की सूचियाँ, श्रौतसूत्रों के निषेध, रजस्वला और सूतिका की अशुद्धि तथा प्रतिलोम विवाह के नियम लेकर वे अस्थायी और स्थायी अस्पृश्यता में भेद करते हैं। Murti reads Panini's aniravasita, 2.4.10, and Patanjali's gloss on it as evidence for the social history of exclusion. Drawing on Vajasaneyi-Samhita lists, Srautasutra disqualifications, menstrual and post-partum pollution and the rules on mixed marriage, he separates temporary from permanent untouchability.

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