चण्डाल

{ caṇḍāla }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

CAṆḌĀLA   (See Cāturvarṇya).

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : चांडाल, चांडाल, चांडाल

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

चण्डाल  m.  m. (= चाण्डाल॑) an outcast, man of the lowest and most despised of the mixed tribes (born from a शूद्र father and a Brāhman mother), [ŚāṅkhGṛ. ii, vi]; [ChUp.]; [Mn.] &c. ( ifc. ‘a very low representative of.’ [Kād.])

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

चण्डाल [caṇḍāla] a.  a. [चण्ड्-आलच्] Wicked or cruel in deeds, of black deeds (क्रूरकर्मन्) cf. कर्मचाण्डाल.
-लः   A general name for the lowest and most despised of the mixed castes originating from a Śūdra father and a Brāhmaṇa mother.
   A man of this caste, an outcast; चण्डालः किमयं द्विजातिरथवा [Bh.3.56;] [Ms.5.131;1.12,16;11.] 176. -Comp.
-वल्लकी   the lute of Chāṇḍāla, a common or vulgar lute.

Shabda-Sagara

चण्डाल  m.  ( -लः) An outcaste, a Chandala, the generic name for a man of the lowest of the mixed tribes, born from a Sudra father and Brahman mother.
    E. चण्ड angry, and अल able, or चण्ड् to be angry. and आलच् Unadi affix; proper to execute all vile or barbarous acts; also चाण्डाल

ROOTS:

चण्ड अल चण्ड् आलच् चाण्डाल

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

   See : जाल्म