Shanta

Shanta is identified in the commentary as the Kshatriya wife of the Brahmin Rishyaśring. Their marriage carries a ritual consequence in the account: because it crossed caste boundaries, an expiatory ceremony was considered necessary.

Identity and Marriage

The note describes Shanta through her marriage to Rishyaśring and specifies her Kshatriya, or warrior, caste. It identifies Rishyaśring as a Brahmin, making their different social positions central to the detail preserved about her.

Ritual Consequence

The commentary treats the marriage as a violation of the law and says that an expiatory ceremony was required on that account. Shanta’s brief appearance in this evidence is therefore tied not to a narrated action of her own, but to the ritual implications assigned to the union.

Narrative Record

The detail survives in an explanatory note rather than a developed scene about Shanta. Its concise formulation records both the marriage and the social boundary that prompted ritual remedy, while offering no further account here of her background, actions, or later life.