The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c18.17

c18.17

¹ That the food left by a Caṇḍāla is impure, is not a purely Brahmanical view. In the introduction to the Satadhamma Jātaka (II. 82), Buddha explains to the monks that for the followers of his doctrine the eating of food obtained in an unlawful manner is like eating the table leavings of a Caṇḍāla.