Varaha Purana 128.34: Adhyaya 128, Shloka 34
Rites for the comb, collyrium, and mirror; initiations for the four social orders; and the Gaṇāntikā vow/insignia
ब्राह्मणे पाण्डुरं छत्रं क्षत्रिये रक्तमेव च ॥ वैश्याय पीतं वै दद्याद्नीलं शूद्राय दापयेत्
brāhmaṇe pāṇḍuraṃ chatraṃ kṣatriye raktam eva ca || vaiśyāya pītaṃ vai dadyān nīlaṃ śūdrāya dāpayet
ब्राह्मण को सफेद छाता देना चाहिए। क्षत्रिय को लाल छाता देना। वैश्य को पीला छाता देना। शूद्र को नीला छाता देना।
Varāha
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It records a prescriptive color-assignment scheme for a social emblem (parasol), useful for historians of material culture and symbolic classification in Sanskrit literature.
No geographic location is identified.
The verse promotes adherence to culturally codified norms in gifting/insignia distribution, emphasizing procedural order in social practice.
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