[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.2281 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2281 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2281 - **Language:** English ### [c7.2281](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2281) KĀYAVYA. A Caṇḍāla. He was born to a Caṇḍāla woman as the son of a Kṣatriya. But the Caṇḍālas who were impressed by Kāyavya's moral conduct, made him the headman of the village. He taught others that all people should honour Brāhmaṇas and love their country. His political creed was that those who prospered by the ruin of a country were just like the worms living on a dead body. (M.B. Śānti Parva, Chapter 135). - [Previous: c7.2280](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2280) - [Next: c7.2282](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2282) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2281](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2281) · Pramāṇa