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Definition of Vaisya

Vaisya
Vaisya Vais"ya, n. [Skr. vai[,c]ya.] 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.

Meaning of Vaisya from wikipedia

- Vaishya (Sanskrit: वैश्य, vaiśya) is one of the four varnas of the Hindu social order in ancient India. Vaishyas are classed third in the order of caste...
- Arya Vaisya may refer to: Moothan, a caste of traders in Kerala Arya Vaishya, a caste This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated with the title...
- states that Shiva gave them the name Go-mati ("cow-minded"). The term "Vaisya" has been used to refer to Komatis. The term "Komati" also has a denotation...
- the vaisya caste. According to Tripathi , the suffix ' bhūti ' additionally indicates that Pushyabhuti , the founder of the family was a vaisya Nath...
- repaired and rebuilt several times. Jeen Mata's main followers include the Vaisya (Khandelwal) Acharya, Brahmins, Lohar, Yadavs / Ahir, Jat, Rajputs, Khandelwal...
- (वैश्यपुत्र) - son of a Vaishya woman Karana (करण) - begotten by a Kshatriya on a Vaisya woman Yuyutsu was a son of Dhritarashtra and Sughada. Yuyutsu was born after...
- Sudra caste, in more recent times they have made claim to be considered as Vaisyas.” Intirā Pārttacārati (2008). Ramanujar: The Life and Ideas of Ramanuja...
- eleventh century (Alberuni), and had become peasants par excellence (of vaisya status) by the seventeenth century (Dabistani-i Mazahib). The shift to peasant...
- Mahuri (माहुरी) is a Hindu caste (jāti) under Vaishya varna. Mahuri are reported to have migrated from the city of Mathura and surrounding rural locations...
- (brahmanas—priests, teachers); kshatriyas (ksatriyas—administrators, rulers); vaishyas (vaisyas—farmers, bankers, business people); and shudras(laborers, artisans) Richard...