सूनिको ध्वनिकश्चैव कौल्हिको मत्स्यघातकः । औनामिकस्तु चंडालः प्रकृत्याष्टादशैव ते
sūniko dhvanikaścaiva kaulhiko matsyaghātakaḥ | aunāmikastu caṃḍālaḥ prakṛtyāṣṭādaśaiva te
El carnicero, el tamborero/músico, el kaulhika (un grupo artesanal específico) y el matador de peces; y el aunāmika es dicho caṇḍāla: éstos son dieciocho según su clasificación natural.
Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Scene: A didactic tableau: figures representing butcher, drummer, artisan-group ‘kaulhika’, fish-slayer, and an aunāmika labeled as caṇḍāla—shown at the edge of a tīrtha precinct, with a narrator-sage indicating categories on a palm-leaf register.
It continues a classificatory description used in the chapter’s dharma framing, rather than a direct sādhanā instruction.
No specific tīrtha is referenced in this verse.
None directly stated.
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