चंडाल (caMDAla)

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Apte 1890

English

 चंडाल a. [चंड्-आलच्] 1 Wicked or cruel in deeds,  of black deeds ( क्रूरकर्मन्)
 cf. कर्मचाडाल. 
लः A general name for the lowest and most despised of the mixed castes originating from a Śūdra father and a Brāhmaṇa mother. 
2 A man of this caste,  an outcast,  चंडालः किमयं द्विज तिरथवा Bh. 3. 56
 Ms. 5. 131
 10. 12,  16
 11. 176. 
Comp. 
वल्लकी the lute of a Cāṇḍāla,  a common or vulgar lute. 

L R Vaidya

English

 caMqAla {% (I) a. (f. ला) %} Wicked,  cruel,  of black deeds.

 caMqAla {% (II) m. %} 1. A generic name for the lowest and most despised of the mixed tribes originating from a Śūdra father and a Brāhmaṇa mother
 2. a man of this caste,  M.v.131,  xi.175.

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