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34. And on account of (Ganasruti ) kshattriya-hood being understood.
The first section of the vidya tells us that Ganasruti bestowed much wealth and food; later on he is represented as sending his door-keeper on an errand; and in the end, as bestowing on Raikva many villages--which shows him to be a territorial lord. All these circumstances suggest Ganasruti's being a Kshattriya, and hence not a member of the lowest caste.--The above Sūtra having declared that the kshattriya-hood of Ganasruti is indicated in the introductory legend, the next Sūtra shows that the same circumstance is indicated in the concluding legend.
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