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'''Sūta''' ([[Sanskrit]]: [[wikt:सूत#Sanskrit|सूत]]) refers both to the bards of Puranic stories and to a mixed caste. According to [[Manu Smriti]] (10.11.17) the sūta caste are children of a [[Kshatriya]] father and [[Brahmin]] mother. And | '''Sūta''' ([[Sanskrit]]: [[wikt:सूत#Sanskrit|सूत]]) refers both to the bards of Puranic stories and to a mixed caste. According to [[Manu Smriti]] (10.11.17), the sūta caste are children of a [[Kshatriya]] father and a [[Brahmin]] mother. And the narrator of several of the Puranas, [[Ugrasrava Sauti]], son of Lomaharshana, was also called Sūta. Authorities are divided on whether the bards were members of the sūta caste. Ludo Rocher points out that the use of sūta as a caste may have been separate from the earlier use of sūta to describe Lomaharshana and his son Ugrasrava Sauti. R. N. Dandekar states that the sūta caste is different from the narrator of the Puranas.<ref name="Mittal">{{cite book|last=Mittal|first=Sushil|author2=G. R. Thursby |title=The Hindu World|publisher=Routledge|year=2004|pages=103|isbn=978-0-415-21527-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fz6KBkgEacAC&pg=PA103}}</ref> | ||
Sūta is also mentioned as a class of people in the epic [[Mahābhārata]], often charioteers. The foster-parents of [[Karna]], a character of [[Kurukshetra War]], were Sūtas. Hence Karna too was considered as a Sūta. [[Kichaka]] the commander of [[Matsya Kingdom|Matsya]] army was a Sūta. | Sūta is also mentioned as a class of people in the epic [[Mahābhārata]], often charioteers. The foster-parents of [[Karna]], a character of [[Kurukshetra War]], were Sūtas. Hence, Karna too was considered as a Sūta. [[Kichaka]], the commander of [[Matsya Kingdom|Matsya]] army, was a Sūta. | ||
The two main | The two main occupations of Sūtas as per epic [[Mahābhārata]] were: | ||
# [[story telling]] | # [[story telling]] | ||
# [[chariot]]-driving | # [[chariot]]-driving | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 17:37, 30 October 2021
Sūta (Sanskrit: सूत) refers both to the bards of Puranic stories and to a mixed caste. According to Manu Smriti (10.11.17), the sūta caste are children of a Kshatriya father and a Brahmin mother. And the narrator of several of the Puranas, Ugrasrava Sauti, son of Lomaharshana, was also called Sūta. Authorities are divided on whether the bards were members of the sūta caste. Ludo Rocher points out that the use of sūta as a caste may have been separate from the earlier use of sūta to describe Lomaharshana and his son Ugrasrava Sauti. R. N. Dandekar states that the sūta caste is different from the narrator of the Puranas.[1]
Sūta is also mentioned as a class of people in the epic Mahābhārata, often charioteers. The foster-parents of Karna, a character of Kurukshetra War, were Sūtas. Hence, Karna too was considered as a Sūta. Kichaka, the commander of Matsya army, was a Sūta.
The two main occupations of Sūtas as per epic Mahābhārata were:
- story telling
- chariot-driving
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Mittal, Sushil; G. R. Thursby (2004). The Hindu World. Routledge. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-415-21527-5.
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