Universal varnas?

[DEVARAKONDA VENKATA NARAYANA SARMA]

At 06:14 PM 3/7/99 +0100, you wrote:

>If anyone knows the answer to my original question (re. classical Hindu
>views on the universality of varna), I'd be glad to hear it.
>
>Regards,
>Martin Gansten
>
>

This is something I posted in June last year and there was some discussion
which you can lokup in the archives.

regards,

sarma.

<<The following is a prose passage from Vishnu Purana (4.3.40-48)
It describes how Vasishta excommunicated Sakas, Yavanas, Paradas,
Pahlavas and others from the vedic religion. Unless you are in the
the fold you cannnot be excommunicated. That means the Vedic religion
was practiced by all these groups initially.

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tatazca pitRrAjyApaharaNAdamarSitO haihaya-tAlajaGghAdivadhAya pratijJA-
makarOt.(40) prAyazazca haihaya-tAlajaGghAJjaghAna.(41) zaka-yavana-
kAmbOja-pArada-pahlavAH hanyamAnAs tatkulaguruM vasiSTaM zaraNaM jagmuH.(42)
athainAn vasiSTO jIvanmRtakAn kRtvA sagaram Aha.(43) vatsa! alamEbhir
jIvanmRtakair anusRtaiH.(44) EtE ca mayaiva tvat pratijJAparipAlanAya
nijadharma-dvijasaGgaparityAgaM kAritAH.(45) tathEti tat guruvacanam
abhinandya tESAM vESAnyatvam akarOt.(46) yavanAnmunDItazirasO'rddha-
munDitAJchakAn pralambakEZAn pAradAn pahlavAJzmazrudharAn nissvAdhyAya-
vaSaTkArAn EtAn anyAMzca kStriyAMzcakAra.(47) EtE ca AtmadharmapartyAgAd
brAhmaNaiH parityaktA mlEcchatAm yayuH.(48)
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