[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1271 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1271 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1271 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.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. - [Previous: c5.1270](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1270) - [Next: c5.1272](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1272) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1271) · Pramāṇa