History as past ethics; an introduction to the history of morals

by P. V. N. Myers

[245] Ibid. viii. 379.

[246] Ibid. viii. 380.

[247] Ibid. viii. 381.

[248] Ibid. iv. 147.

[249] Laws of Manu, xi. 247.

[250] Ibid. iv. 148.

[251] Even the sudra is not shut out from this hope. If he be pure, the faithful servant of his betters, gentle in his speech and free from pride, he will at death be reborn into a higher caste (Laws of Manu, ix. 335).

[252] Laws of Manu, xi. 60, 69, 71, 72, 132–138, 140–142, 144. Especially severe is the penance imposed for killing a cow. See Ibid. xi. 109–117.

[253] Ibid. vi. 68.

[254] Ibid. vi. 69.