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caṇḍālaṁ

Caṇḍāla

a man of a certain low tribe, one of the low classes, an outcaste; grouped with others under nīcā kulā (low born clans) as caṇḍālā nesādā veṇā rathakārā pukkusā at AN.i.107 = AN.ii.85 = Pp.51 As caṇḍāla-pukkusā with the four recognized grades of society (see jāti & khattiya) at AN.i.162 ■ Vin.iv.6 ;

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What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

a man of a certain low tribe, one of the low classes, an outcaste; grouped with others under nīcā kulā (low born clans) as caṇḍālā nesādā veṇā rathakārā pukkusā at AN.i.107 = AN.ii.85 = Pp.51 As caṇḍāla-pukkusā with the four recognized grades of society (see jāti & khattiya) at AN.i.162
Vin.iv.6; MN.ii.152; SN.v.168 sq. (˚vaṃsa); AN.iii.214, AN.iii.228 (brāhmaṇa˚); AN.iv.376; Ja.iv.303; Pv-a.175; Mil.200
f caṇḍālī AN.iii.226; Pv.iii.1#13; Dhp-a.ii.25. See also pukkusa.

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Pali text and translations from SuttaCentral (Bilara), dedicated to the public domain (CC0). PTS Pali–English Dictionary entries, public domain.