NOUN | person | Vaisya | a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste |
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group | vaisya | the third of the four varnas |
Meaning | A member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castes. | |
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Member of | vaisya | The third of the four varnas |
Broader | Hindu, Hindoo, Hindustani | A native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India |
Meaning | The third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional category. | |
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Members | Vaisya | A member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste |
Broader | varna | (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis) |
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