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Reference Bhagvad Gita 4-13 . It talks about 4 varnas based on Guna & karmas. The famous sage Valmiki was a Shudra who became a Brahmin by composing the epic R
by himyogi 4y ago
Reference Bhagvad Gita 4-13 . It talks about 4 varnas based on Guna & karmas. The famous sage Valmiki was a Shudra who became a Brahmin by composing the epic Ramayana.
- srean 4y ago> The famous sage Valmiki was a Shudra who became a Brahmin by composing the epic Ramayana. Could you cite a reference ? The traditional stories that I have heard from my grandparents tells a different story. That he was born Agni Sharma (Brahmin) and acquired the name Valmiki for reciting the words "death" (mara) which repeated seemed he was chanting "Rama".
- the_omegist 4y agoThanks for the reference. But you're giving me a religious text source (which I won't be able to analyze). What I was asking you was more straight forward : can you show me that farmers son could marry priests daughters (or whatever "caste" combination you want) before the British colonization of India? I don't think so.