Candala, Caṇḍāla, Camdala: 22 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchCaṇḍāla (चण्डाल):—m. [Die Uṇādi-Affixe 1, 116.] ein Caṇḍāla; gehört zu der verachtetsten Schichte der menschlichen Gesellschaft und wird von Jedermann gemieden. Im System der Sohn eines Śūdra und einer Brāhmaṇī. [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 20.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 897. 933.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde I, 820.] śvacaṇḍālapatitavāyasebhyo nnaṃ bhūmau nikṣipet [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 4, 9.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 2, 12. 6, 1.] [Chāndogyopaniṣad 5, 10, 7. 24, 4.] caṇḍālādyaiśca dasyubhiḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 131.] caṇḍālaścādhamo nṛṇām [10, 12. 16. 26. 37. fgg.] [51. 108. 11, 24. 12, 55.] [Mahābhārata 13, 1901.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa 22.] [WASSILJEW 182.] f. caṇḍālā [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 175.] caṇḍālī gaṇa śārṅgaravādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 73.] — Wohl von caṇḍa; vgl. cāṇḍāla .
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Candalā (चन्दला):—f. Nomen proprium eines Frauenzimmers [Rājataraṅgiṇī 7, 1122.] — Vgl. candralā .
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Cāṇḍāla (चाण्डाल):—[Die Uṇādi-Affixe 1, 116.]
1) m. = caṇḍāla [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 36, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 1] (angeblich ved.), [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 4. 20.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 10, 5.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 933,] [Scholiast] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 30, 21.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 7, 1, 22.] grāme cāṇḍālasaṃyute [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 141.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 239. 4, 79.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 93.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 62, 24.] [Mṛcchakaṭikā 155, 24. 157, 1.] [Pañcatantra I, 183. III, 194.] [Hitopadeśa I, 55.] cāṇḍālamṛtapāḥ [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 4, 10,] [Scholiast] cāṇḍālī f. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 373.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 3, 12.] [Vetālapañcaviṃśati 10, 8.] brāhmaṇacāṇḍāla ein Cāṇḍāla unter den Brāhmaṇa, ein über Alles verächtlicher Brahmane [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 87] (nach [Kullūka] : = brāhmaṇyāṃ śūdrājjātaḥ). [Mahābhārata 12, 2874. 13, 2535.] —
2) adj. vom vorherg. oder von caṇḍālaḥ lī bhāṣā [Griechischen und Indoskythischen Könige, Institt. l. pr. 35 u.s.w.] —
3) f. ī Name einer Pflanze (s. liṅginī) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Caṇḍāla (चण्डाल):—, caṇḍālī f. unter dem kulāṣṭaka [Oxforder Handschriften 91,b,33.]
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Cāṇḍāla (चाण्डाल):—
1) brāhmaṇyāṃ śūdravīryeṇa patito jāradoṣataḥ . sadyo babhūva cāṇḍālaḥ sarvasmādadhamo śuciḥ .. [Oxforder Handschriften 21,b,27. fg.] tīvareṇa ca cāṇḍālyāṃ karmakāro babhūva ha [28. fg. Z. 5. fg.] [Vetālapañcaviṃśati 10, 8] wird ein Frauenzimmer am ersten Tage der monatlichen Reinigung cāṇḍālī genannt. Cāṇḍāla so v. a. der Verworfenste unter seines Gleichen: pakṣiṇāṃ kākaścāṇḍālaḥ paśūnāṃ caiva kukkuraḥ . munīnāṃ kopī cāṇḍālaḥ [Spr. 4485.] —
2) [Sāhityadarpana 173,8.] [Oxforder Handschriften 181,a,29.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungCaṇḍāla (चण्डाल):——
1) m. ein Mann der verachtetsten Schichte der menschlichen Gesellschaft. Im System der Sohn eines Śūdra und einer Brāhmaṇī. Am Ende eines Comp. so v.a. ein Taugenichts von [Kād. (1872) 158,1.] f. ā und ī. —
2) *f. ī eine best. Pflanze [Rājan 3,34.]
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Candalā (चन्दला):—f. ein Frauenname.
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Cāṇḍāla (चाण्डाल):——
1) m. = caṇḍāla Mit einem Gen. Pl. oder am Ende eines Comp. so v.a. der Verworfenste unter. —
2) f. lī — a) f. zu 1). Auch als Bez. eines Frauenzimmers am ersten Tage der Katamenien. — b) *eine best. Pflanze. —
3) Adj. (f. ī) dem Cāṇdāla
1) eigen.
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Starts with: Camdalagitti, Candalacandra, Candalacaukadi, Candaladevi, Candalaka, Candalakanda, Candalakarma, Candalakhata, Candalaki, Candalakula, Candalasadman, Candalata, Candalatva, Candalavallaki, Candalavesha, Candalavidya, Candalavritti, Candalayudhishthirasamvada.
Ends with: Acandala, Amstakcandala, Antashcandala, Brahmanacandala, Karmacandala, Sarvacandala, Satvikacandala, Svacandala, Upasakacandala, Vitalacandala.
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