Sūta

Sūta (Sanskrit: सूत) refers both to the bards of Hindu 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 Romaharshana, was also called Sūta.

Kin̄cica kṣatrajātibhyō n'yūnatā tasya jāyatē ॥ ३० ॥" "In Brahmin women, suta caste is born out of pratilomata marriage by kshatriyas.

The two main occupations of Sūtas as per epic Mahābhārata were story telling, and chariot-driving This article about Hindu religious studies, scripture or ceremony is a stub.