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    Chandala (Sanskrit: चण्डाल) is a Sanskrit word for someone who deals with the disposal of corpses, and is a Hindu lower caste, traditionally considered...
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  • Chalavadi Chamar, Mochi, Muchi, Chamar-Ravidas, Chamar-Rohidas Chambhar Chandala Dakkal, Dokkalwar Dandasi Dhor Dom, Dombara, Paidi, Pano Ellamalawar, Yellammalawandlu...
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  • (old German transcription of chandala) is a term Friedrich Nietzsche borrowed from the Indian caste system, where a chandala is a member of the lowest social...
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    Telugu Film Industry. In addition to dialogues and poems, H.M. Reddy made Chandala Kesavadasu to pen songs for Bhakta Prahlada (1931). The great poet Kesavadasu...
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    sell you to this chandala in exchange of gold coins." The chandala paid the sage, and took along Harishchandra as a slave. The chandala employed Harishchandra...
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  • sell you to this chandala in exchange of gold coins." The chandala paid the sage, and took along Harishchandra as a slave. The chandala employed Harishchandra...
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    Further, they made love when Shiva himself changed into a Chandala and recognized the Chandala woman as his wife. After the love-making, Parvati asked Shiva...
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    Vasishtha realised what had occurred, he cursed the prince to become a chandala and declared that he would henceforth be called Trishanku (three sins)...
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    another legend, Harishchandra was said to have been sold to a Chandala, and the Chandala entrusted him with the responsibility of overseeing the cremation...
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  • community originating from eastern and central Bengal. The term Chandal or Chandala is usually considered as a slur. They were traditionally engaged in fishing...
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  • segment Lalitham Hiranmayam 2010 Janakan Dr. Rani Mathew Chandala-bhikshuki Matangi (chandala woman) 2011 Seniors Elsamma Ven Shankhu Pol Indhu Nandan...
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    to this evidence the treatment meted out to untouchables such as the Chandalas was very similar to that which they experienced in later periods. This...
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  • vast and prosperous kingdom with the capital city of Vidisha. One day, a Chandala (an untouchable) maiden comes to his court and makes a present of a parrot...
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    (c. 1812–1878) with his Matua organisation that involved the Namasudra (Chandala) community in the Bengal Presidency. Ambedkar himself believed Walangkar...
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  • 34% Dabgar 5,930 0.03% Dhobi, (or Rajak) 647,491 4.96% Domba, (including Chandala) 155,383 1.19% Dusadh or Paswan 4,029,411 30.88% Ghasiya 674 <0.01% Halalkhor...
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    intoxicating liquor, nor eat onions or garlic. The only exception is that of the Chandalas. That is the name for those who are (held to be) wicked men, and live...
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  • Look up chandal or chandala in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chandal may refer to: Chandala, a Sanskrit term referring to an outcaste group in Hindu...
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  • Chalavadi Chamar, Mochi, Muchi, Chamar - Ravidas, Chamar - Rohidas Chambhar Chandala Dakkal, Dokkalwar Dandasi Dhor Dom, Dombara, Paidi, Pano Ellamaawar, Yellammalawandlu...
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  • Shankara replied to the questions in five verses and touched the feet of Chandala, as a way to show respect towards him. First Verse - जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तिषु...
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  • medieval era. Historian Irfan Habib states that the Jats were a "pastoral Chandala-like tribe" in Sindh during the eighth century. Their 11th-century status...
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  • share of the meal as well. Subsequently, a hunter with his hounds and a Chandala appeared at the very moment Rantideva was about to consume the dish. He...
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  • animal. In humans, the most preferred (maha-shava, great corpse) are a chandala (a child of a Shudra father and a Brahmin mother; an outcaste and the lowest...
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    following his death. The Brahma Purana describes a conversation between a chandala and a brahmarakshasa. When enquired regarding the sin he had committed...
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    after their father had refused, took outrage and cursed Trisanku to be a Chandala. Trisanku was transformed into a person with body smeared of ash, clothed...
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    associated with defeating enemies, disease, pollution/impurity, and outcasts (chandalas). She is often offered half eaten or leftover food and is green in color...
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    in fact the jatis of high rank. The jatis of low rank were mentioned as chandala and occupational classes like bamboo weavers, hunters, chariot-makers and...
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  • Mochi, Muchi, Chamar-Ravidas, Chamar-Rohidas 3,312 17,068 Chambhar 42 632 Chandala 12 64 Dakkal, Dokkalwar 1,262 2,558 Dandasi 5,265 86 mostly concentrated...
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  • (400-750 CE) with mentions of the presence of Brahmans (Vedic priests) and Chandala (untouchables). The existing caste structure as introduced by the Lichhavis...
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    amrita as a Chandala, provided the sage did not refuse it. Krishna had agreed to Indra's condition. Indra appeared as hunter called Chandala but Uttang...
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    they were God Himself!? Seek not to know the caste of a Brahmana nor of a Chandala. Srimanta Sankardev (/ˈsrɪˌmæntəˈsænkərˌdeɪv/, Assamese pronunciation:...
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