Shudra or Shoodra (Sanskrit: Śūdra) is one of the four varnas of the Hindu class and social system in ancient India. Some sources translate it into English...

up Shudra in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shudra is the laborer and service caste in the Hindu varna system. Shudra may also refer to: Shudra: The...

the Shudras? is a history book published by Indian social reformer and polymath B. R. Ambedkar in 1946. The book discusses the origin of the Shudra Varna...

members were organised into four classes: brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya, and shudra. The administrative machinery in the Vedic India was headed by a tribal...

Shudra: The Rising is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language film with a partly-fictional storyline based on the caste system in ancient India, and more specifically...

Ronald James Shudra (born November 28, 1967) is a Canadian-British retired professional ice hockey player. Most of his career, which lasted from 1987 to...

Look up Shudra, Shudra, or shudra in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sudra may refer to: Shudra, one of the Varnas in the traditional four-section division...

Trismelasmos shudra is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Yakovlev in 2011. It is found on the Moluccas. Natural History Museum Lepidoptera...

reinterpreting Hindu texts so that the untouchables were absorbed into the Shudra varna. It was this disagreement that led to the Poona Pact. Gandhi began...

Uttara Kanda.[disputed – discuss] According to this version, Shambuka, a shudra ascetic, was killed by the god Rama (protagonist of the Ramayana) for attempting...

Kshatriyas: warriors and kings; the Vaishyas: farmers and merchants; and the Shudras: servants and labourers. The Bhagavad Gītā links the varṇa to an individual's...

within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra. The traditional occupation of Brahmins is that of priesthood (purohit,...

administrators or warriors. Vaishyas: Agriculturalists, farmers or merchants. Shudras: Artisans, laborers or servants. This quadruple division is a form of social...

Vistar Taluka Bhachau Jillo Kutch-Bhuj Gujarat, Kheda district of Gujarat as Shudra. There are a variety of popular legends regarding their origin, such as...

Union of a Shudra man and a Vaishya woman results in a Ayogava Union of a Shudra man and a Kshatriya woman results in a Kshattri Union of a Shudra man and...

"Podvyzhnytsi narodnoho mystetstva", Kyiv 2003 and 2005, by Yevheniya Shudra, Welcome to Ukraine Magazine "Traditional Ukrainian Embroidery". Ukrainian...

Bengal country, though, the legal rulings tended to assign a shudra status. Even where the shudra designation was adjudged, the Raj courts appear to have sometimes...

Puranas describe him as a son of the last Shaishunaga king Mahanandin and a Shudra woman. These texts credit him with extensive conquests that expanded the...

Upanishad, Shudra is referred to as Pūşan or nourisher, suggesting that Shudras were the tillers of the soil. But soon afterwards, Shudras are not counted...

similar to the Indian caste system. The four castes of Bali are: Sudras (Shudras) – peasants making up close to 93% of Bali’s population. Wesias (Vaishyas)...

viewed ritual status (varna) as Shudra, although the community's members often claim the higher status of Kshatriya. The Shudra status is explained by the...

scholars, Bhonsles were predominantly Deccani tiller-plainsmen from the Shudra caste; they were part of the Marathas/Kunbis, an amorphous class-group....

Other texts Hindu Culture & Society Society Varna Brahmin Kshatriya Vaishya Shudra Dalit Jāti Gotra Hindu Art Hindu art Hindu iconography Shilpa Shastras Rasa...

numerous reasons connected with the religion and politics that had put the Shudra farmers in such a pitiable condition. It argues that a tyrannical religion...

scholars, Bhonsles were predominantly Deccani tiller-plainsmen from the Shudra caste; they were part of the Marathas/Kunbis, an amorphous class-group....

Other texts Hindu Culture & Society Society Varna Brahmin Kshatriya Vaishya Shudra Dalit Jāti Gotra Hindu Art Hindu art Hindu iconography Shilpa Shastras Rasa...

Other texts Hindu Culture & Society Society Varna Brahmin Kshatriya Vaishya Shudra Dalit Jāti Gotra Hindu Art Hindu art Hindu iconography Shilpa Shastras Rasa...

decision-making and interdependence". The four castes have been classified as Sudra (Shudra), Wesia (Vaishyas), Satria (Kshatriyas) and Brahmana (Brahmin). The 19th-century...

viewed the Nandas and Mauryas as illegitimate rulers, because of their shudra background; Later composed Brahmanical narratives include legends in Vishakhadatta's...

Samavartanam Vivaha Antyeshti Varnashrama Varna Brahmin Kshatriya Vaishya Shudra Ashrama Brahmacharya Grihastha Vanaprastha Sannyasa Festivals Diwali Holi...