caṇḍāli
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| Meaning: | “person of low social standing, outcast [performing undesirable social roles such as executioner]” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TB |
| Equivalent in TA: | caṇḍāl |
| Equivalent in other languages: | Skt. caṇḍāla- |
| Lexeme variants: | caṇḍāli |
| Number: | plural |
| Case: | nominative |
| Gender: | masculine |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -e |
| Nom. pl. (masc.): | -i |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
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| nom | caṇḍāle | caṇḍāli | |
| voc | |||
| acc | |||
| gen | caṇḍālentse | ||
| loc | |||
| comit | |||
| inst | |||
| abl | |||
| perl | |||
| all | |||
| caus |
Lexeme family
- caṇḍāle “person of low social standing, outcast [performing undesirable social roles such as executioner]”
m
sg pl nom caṇḍāle caṇḍāli gen caṇḍālentse
Occurrences
caṇḍāli
| 1 | IOL Toch 36 b5 | b5 /// – ṅka | caṇ(ḍ)āli | au(n)tsante cau kau° /// |
| 2 | PK AS 8C a2 | vegavāhiṇī – – – – – – a2 ṇi | caṇḍāl(i) | (•) vetāḍi (•) (mahā)karī |
| 3 | PK AS 8C a2 | prabhasvare • ghorīgandhuri • | caṇḍāl(i) | (•) (mā)daṅgiccharjani • ghoracāy(i) |
| 4 | THT 118 a2 | lykemāne • srukoṣämp= eṣe | caṇḍā(li) | /// a3 t ṣäñ |
| 5 | THT 589 b5 | āppantse b5 /// °ne | caṇḍāli | waikiññeṃ peṅkeṃpa tasemane mcuṣkantaṃts |
