1 N. of one of the wild aboriginal tribes in India, such as. hunters, fishermen &c.; a moun- taineer; mā niṣāda pratiṣṭhāṃ tvamagamaḥ śā- śvatīḥ samāḥ Rām; R. 14. 52, 70; U. 2. 5.

2 A man of a degraded tribe in general, an outcast, a Cāṇḍāla.

3 Especially, the son of a Brāh- maṇa by a Śūdra woman; cf. Ms. 10. 8.

4 (In music) The first (more properly the last or seventh) note of the Hindu gamut; gītakalā-...