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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. चण्डालcaṇḍālaa.Wicked or cruel in deeds, of black deeds (क्रूरकर्मन्) cf. कर्मचाण्डाल.

    [चण्ड्-आलच्]

    Wicked or cruel in deeds, of black deeds (क्रूरकर्मन्) Compare कर्मचाण्डाल.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -लः

      1. A general name for the lowest and most despised of the mixed castes originating from a Śūdra father and a Brāhmaṇa mother.
      2. A man of this caste, an outcast; चण्डालः किमयं द्विजातिरथवा Bh.3.56; Ms.5.131;1.12,16;11. 176.
    • -वल्लकी the lute of Chāṇḍāla, a common or vulgar lute.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. चण्डालcaṇḍāla[kandâla] m. man of the lowest stratum of society, universally despised and shunned; a mixed caste, offspring…

    [kandâla] masculine man of the lowest stratum of society, universally despised and shunned; a mixed caste, offspring of Sûdra and Brâhmanî; --˚, a good-for-nothing --; â, î, feminine; also equal for Kandâla woman.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. चण्डालcaṇḍālam. (= चाण्डाल्/अ) an outcast, man of the lowest and most despised of the mixed tribes (born from a S3u1dra…

    masculine gender (Equivalent to चाण्डाल्/अ) an outcast, man of the lowest and most despised of the mixed tribes (born from a S3u1dra शूद्र father and a Bra1hman Brahman mother) S3a1n3khGr2. ii, vi ChUp. Mn. etc. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' "a very low representative of." Ka1d.)

  2. अन्तश्चण्डालantaścaṇḍāla(= अन्तर् - दिवाकीर्त्य), A1past.

    (Equivalent to अन्तर् - दिवाकीर्त्य), A1past.

  3. कर्मचण्डालkarmacaṇḍālam. "a Can2d2a1la चण्डाल by work" (as opposed to a born Can2d2a1la चण्डाल), a contemptible man T.
    1. masculine gender "a Can2d2a1la चण्डाल by work" (as opposed to a born Can2d2a1la चण्डाल), a contemptible man T.
    2. masculine gender Name of Ra1hu राहु T.
  4. चण्डालकन्दcaṇḍālakandam. N. of a bulbous plant L.

    masculine gender Name of a bulbous plant Lexicographers

  5. चण्डालताcaṇḍālatāf. the condition of a Can2d2a1la चण्डाल R. i, 58, 9.

    feminine the condition of a Can2d2a1la चण्डाल R. i, 58, 9.

  6. चण्डालत्वcaṇḍālatvan. id., 8.

    neuter gender the same, 8.

  7. चण्डालवल्लकीcaṇḍālavallakīf. the Can2d2a1la चण्डाल or common lute L.

    feminine the Can2d2a1la चण्डाल or common lute Lexicographers

  8. चण्डालाcaṇḍālāf. a Can2d2a1la चण्डाल woman Mn. xi, 176

    feminine a Can2d2a1la चण्डाल woman Mn. xi, 176