Also known as untouchables or pariahs, those outside and therefore below the caste system.
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Discourse 5
...and prevents people from being reborn, letting them see that an educated brahmin and an outcaste dog-cooker are one and the same. They overcome reincarnation (samsara) by submitting to the unity...
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