一切經音義 9.106

9.106

Zhanduoluo 旃陀羅 (or written as 旃荼羅 [Caṇḍāla]; here translated as 'fierce and blazing', which is the clan name of slaughterers; another says the prison guards who oversee executions. Note that the Xiyu ji says: 'When those people walk, they shake bells to identify themselves, or carry split bamboo sticks; if they do not do so, the king imposes punishment on them').