vaisya

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Noun
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Vais=ya

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun vaisya has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

vaisyan. [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.

Etymology
Skr. vaisya peasant, labourer

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