翻譯名義集 2.99

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【旃陀羅】此云屠者，正言旃荼（音途）羅。此云嚴熾，謂惡業自嚴。行時搖鈴持竹，為幖（音標）幟（尺志切。通俗文云，徽號曰幖。私記曰：幟謂以絳帛書著背上曰徽，《廣雅》云旛也）故。若不爾者，王必罪之。《法顯傳》云：「名為惡人，與人別居，入城市則擊竹自異，人則避之。或帶之，人皆怖畏。」

[Cāṇḍāla]: Translated as "butcher"; properly pronounced caṇḍāla. Here translated as "fierce and blazing," meaning they adorn themselves with evil karma. When walking, they ring bells and hold bamboo sticks as a sign. If they did not do so, the king would surely punish them. The Faxian zhuan says: "They are named evil people, dwelling separately from others. When entering cities and markets, they strike bamboo to distinguish themselves, and people avoid them. Or they wear markers, and people all dread them."