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caṇḍāla

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Definition^[1]

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caṇḍāla : [m.] an outcaste or untouchable.

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A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

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Caṇḍāla1 [Vedic 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 A i.107=ii.85=Pug 51. As caṇḍāla -- pukkusā with the four recognized grades of society (see jāti & khattiya) at A i.162. -- Vin iv.6; M ii.152; S v.168 sq. (˚vaŋsa); A iii.214, 228 (brāhmaṇa˚); iv.376; J iv.303; PvA 175; Miln 200. -- f. caṇḍālī A iii.226; Pv iii.113; DhA ii.25. See also pukkusa.

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Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

Definition^[3]

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Caṇḍāla2 (nt.) a kind of amusement or trick D i.6≈(=ayo- gulakīḷā play with an iron ball DA i.84).

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Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

Definition^[4]

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caṇḍāla: I. m. 賤民 II. n. 鐵球戲