A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1271

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c5.1271

NISHĀDA. A mountain tribe dwelling in the Vindhya mountains, said to have been produced from the thigh of Vena; the Bhīls or foresters, and barbarians in general. (*See Vena.*) Any outcast, especially the offspring of a Brāhman father and Sūdra mother.

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