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Vais·ya V0007700 (vī′shə, vīsh′yə)n. A member of the second-lowest of the four major castes of traditional Indian society, comprising farmers, herders, merchants, and businessmen.adj. Of or relating to the class of Vaisyas.
[Sanskrit vaiśyaḥ, settler, homesteader, from viśaḥ, house; see weik- in Indo-European roots.]Vaisya (ˈvaɪsjə; ˈvaɪʃjə) n (Hinduism) the third of the four main Hindu castes, the traders[C18: from Sanskrit, literally: settler, from viś settlement]Vais•ya (ˈvaɪs yə, ˈvaɪʃ-)
n., pl. -yas. a member of the Hindu mercantile and professional class, above the Shudras and below the Kshatriyas. Compare Brahman (def. 1). [1785–95; < Skt vaiśya] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Vaisya - a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castesvaisya - the third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional categoryHindoo, Hindu, Hindustani - a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India | | 2. | vaisya - the third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional categoryvarna - (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis)Vaisya - a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castes |
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Vaisya (Sanskrit), the members of one of the four castes in ancient India. In the period before the emergence of class society, the Vaisyas enjoyed full legal rights along with the Kshatriya and Brahman castes. In the class society of ancient India, the Vaisyas included free members of a community who enjoyed full legal rights: farmers, livestock raisers, and certain artisans and traders in cities and villages. Beginning in the first centuries of the Common Era, as feudal relations developed and communal dwellers became dependent peasants, farmers (and also the majority of artisans) began to be regarded as Sudras (a caste that did not enjoy full legal rights), but the term “Vaisya” continued to be applied mainly to traders. G. F. IL’IN VaisyaenUK
Related to Vaisya: shudra, VedasWords related to Vaisyanoun a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu casteRelated Words- vaisya
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noun the third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional categoryRelated Words |