Preṣya yoga

"[2] In Aitareya Brahmana, the term preṣya occurs in the sense of a menial servant, Śudra or a slave employed for being sent on an errand.

In Pali texts of Buddhists, preṣya is referred to in its prakritic forms – pessa or pesiya - meaning a messenger or a servant in general.

[3] Bharuchi (600-650 A.D.) in his commentary on Manu states that preṣya were a servile class different from the four types of slaves.

[4] Bhattoji Dikshita states (Siddhahta Haumadi Ch.XIV.621) : that "the object of the verb preṣya and bruhi (imperative singular of Divadi verb, meaning send or utter) denoting sacrifial food, takes the sixth case-affix, when making offerings to deity is meant or when the deity is the recipient " (Shatapatha Brahmana I.5.3.8).

[5] Valmiki states (Ramayana Sundar Kanda 39.39): that honourable people are never asked to work as preṣyas.