Suta in ancient Hinduism is the term used to refer to a child born of Kshatriya man and a Brahmin woman. The word Suta (from the Sanskrit root su = prasravane ‘to produce’) literally means born, begotten, engendered, produced, impelled, emitted, etc. As a distinct social unit, suta is a person born out of anuloma marriage, the marriage of a lower caste man with a higher caste woman. The usual occupation of a suta in ancient times was that of the charioteer. However the world also means a bard and a carpenter. It stands for the Sun, too, and it is also the name of a pupil of Sage Vyasa. Being an expert in lecturing on Puranas to the sages, this pupil became famous as Suta Pauranika. The Mahabharata refers to another sage of this name who had come to see Bhishma when he was lying on the bed of arrows (Shanti Parva 47/12). He is the son of Vishwamitra who expounded Vedas (Anushasana Parva 4/57). Quicksilver is also called suta (raja). Karna, the first son of Kunti from