sUta

[Heinz Werner Wessler]

> In the MBh,  "sUta" refers both to a bard and to a
> charioteer of mixed caste.  How are these two functions
> associated -- or are they?  Has anyone done work on this?
> Thanks for any help you can give here!
>
> Patricia Greer

According to Artha/s-astra 3,7.31, the s-uta as Bard is different from the s-uta
being a person of mixed caste (k.satriya father and br-ahma.na mother).
Otherwise, among modern bardic castes, a tradition of pratiloma origin is still
alive.

Ludo Rocher in his book on the Pur-a.nas (1986, History of Indian Literature)
refers to some literature on the s-uta--issue (p.53ff).


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