[8] We have followed Mr. Elphinstone (Hist. ch. 1) in the orthography of this word: it is from the Portuguese casta, breed, race.
[9] See Lassen's Indische Alterthumskunde, vol. II, p. 510.
SELECTED SLOKAS
OF THE FIRST BOOK.
RITUAL AND MORAL CONDUCT.[10]
1. The Munis[11] after adoration to Yájnavalkya, lord of Yogís,[12] thus addressed him:
Reveal to us the several duties of the casts, of the orders,[13] and of the others![14]