SÅ«ta (Sanskrit: à ¤¸à ¥‚à ¤¤) refers both to the bards of Puranic stories and to a mixed caste. According to Manu Smriti (10.11.17) the sÅ«ta caste are children of a Kshatriya father and Brahmin mother. The narrator of the several of the Puranas, Ugrasrava Sauti, son of Lomaharshana, was also called SÅ«ta. Authorities are divided on whether the bards were members of the sÅ«ta caste. Ludo Rocher points out that the use of sÅ«ta as a caste may...
