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གདོལ་བའི་རིགས། | Glossary of Terms
གདོལ་བའི་རིགས།
gdol ba’i rigs
caṇḍāla
- Term
- Caṇḍāla
- གདོལ་པ།
- gdol pa
- caṇḍāla
One of the lower social classes that are outside, and beneath, the four castes.
- Caṇḍāla
- གདོལ་བ།
- gdol ba
- caṇḍāla
The lowest of the untouchables in the Indian caste system.
- Caṇḍāla
- གདོལ་པ།
- gdol pa
- caṇḍāla
The lowest of the untouchables in the social system of ancient India.
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- Cāṇḍāla
- གདོལ་པ།
- gdol pa
- cāṇḍāla
- caṇḍāla
An outcaste or a member of the lowest (and despised) castes in Indian society.
- Mātaṅga
- གདོལ་པ།
- gdol pa
- mātaṅga
One of the lower social classes that are outside, and beneath, the four castes.
- Outcast
- གདོལ་པ།
- gdol pa
- caṇḍāla
The lowest and most disparaged class of people within the caste system of ancient India, they fall outside of the caste system altogether due to their low rank in society.
- Outcaste
- གདོལ་བའི་རིགས།
- gdol ba’i rigs
- caṇḍāla
- Outcasts
- གདོལ་པ།
- gdol pa
- caṇḍāla
The lowest and most disparaged class of people within the caste system of ancient India, who fall outside of the caste system altogether due to their low rank in society.
- Savage
- གདོལ་པ།
- gdol pa
- caṇḍāla
Also rendered here as “outcast.”
- Vulgar
- གདོལ་པ།
- gdol pa
- caṇḍāla