... Buddhist texts, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Puranas, Kathasarit Sagara, Haribhamsa, Ramayana Manjari of Kshemendra, Mahabhasya of Patanjali etc. (Smith, V., 1974, PP. 185-188; Ghosal, U. N., 1957, ... Karavara and Nisada castes] an Andhra and a Meda, who dwell outside the village.10/37: From a Candala by a Vaideha woman is born a Pandusopaka, who deals in cane; from a Nisada [by the same] ... boatman, [and] whom the inhabitants of Aryavarta call a Kaivarta.10/36: From a Nisada [by a woman of the Vaideha caste] a Karavara, who works in leather; and from the Vaidehaka [by the women of the...