Some Jaina Canonical Sutras c8.12

c8.12

¹ He should not behave like a Caṇḍāla It really means places where people of low caste live There was a belief in Buddha's time that the Caṇḍālas used to bring bad luck to those who saw them (Jāt, IV, 235) They were so much hated by the Brahmins that some among them on account of having tasted the food of a Caṇḍāla were put out of caste (Jāt, IV, 235), vide also B C Law, Concepts of Buddhism, pp 11ff