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vaisya
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun vaisya has 2 senses
- vaisya(n = noun.person) - a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castes; is a member of vaisya
- vaisya(n = noun.group) - the third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional category; is a kind of varna
is a kind of hindoo, hindu, hindustani
CIDE DICTIONARY
vaisya, n. [Skr. vai.].
The third of the four great original castes among the Hindus, now either extinct or partially represented by the mercantile class of Banyas. See the Note under Caste, 1. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
vaisya, n.
1 the third of the four great Hindu castes, comprising the merchants and agriculturalists.
2 a member of this caste.
1 the third of the four great Hindu castes, comprising the merchants and agriculturalists.
2 a member of this caste.
Etymology
Skr. vaisya peasant, labourer
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