[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s14.27 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s14.27 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s14.27 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.27) Caṇḍāla,¹ Cāṇḍāla,² are the variant forms of the name of a despised caste, which in origin was probably a tribal body,³ but which in the Brahminical theory was the offspring of Śūdra fathers and Brahmin mothers.⁴ The references to the caste in the Yajurveda Saṃhitās and in the Upaniṣads show clearly that it was a degraded one, but they yield no particulars. - [Previous: v1.c3.s14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.26) - [Next: v1.c3.s14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.28) - [Up: v1.c3.s14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s14.27) · Pramāṇa