Documenta Nepalica

Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal

cyāmakhala / cyāme

Notes [fr. N.] var. cyāhmā, cyāhmākhalaka, cyāhmāṣalaka; n. Newar caste similar to Poḍes in occupation yet considered lower to Poḍes in social gradation, the lowest caste among the Untouchable caste groups according to the Mulukī Ain (MA-54.160.1), inferior to Poḍhe caste.
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