Scheduled caste (English spelling)

Japanese: scheduled caste（英語表記）scheduledcaste

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[Large domestic disparities]
The Indian Constitution uses various expressions such as "backward classes" and similar expressions. Its meaning is still a subject of debate, but there is no consensus that the original meaning of "backward classes" is the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The Scheduled Castes are the so-called untouchables among Hindus and Sikhs, and the English word is plural because each state has its own list of jatis (sub-castes).

From [Caste]

…In contrast, the Shudras were considered to be eternal castes (ekaja) who could not attend the initiation ceremony, and suffered various religious, social, and economic discrimination from the reborn castes. And below the Shudras were the untouchables (today called scheduled castes), who were placed outside the framework of the four varnas. They are also called "those belonging to the fifth varna (pañcama)" or "those without varnas." …

From [Untouchables]

In the West, they are also known as pariahs. Today, the discriminatory term meaning "untouchable" is no longer used, and they are officially called scheduled castes. In Hindu society, which is strongly dominated by the idea of purity and impurity and which has always viewed people and their occupations from that perspective, the outcast system has developed in a complex way.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "scheduled caste" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

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［大きな国内格差の存在］
　インド憲法には後進諸階級backward classesおよびこれに類似のさまざまな表現がある。その意味するところは今も議論の対象となっているが，本来の後進諸階級が指定カーストScheduled Castesと指定部族Scheduled Tribesを指すものであることには見解の差はない。指定カーストとはヒンドゥー教徒とシク教徒の中のいわゆる不可触民のことで，英語が複数形になっているのは州ごとにそのジャーティ(サブ･カースト)のリストがあるからである。…

【カースト】より

…これに対しシュードラは入門式を挙げることのできない一生族(エーカジャekaja)とされ，再生族から宗教上，社会上，経済上のさまざまな差別を受けた。そして，シュードラのさらに下には，4バルナの枠組みの外におかれた不可触民(今日では指定カーストscheduled casteと呼ばれる)が存在した。彼らは〈第5のバルナに属する者(パンチャマpañcama)〉とも〈バルナを持たない者〉とも呼ばれる。…