Varṇa (Sanskrit: वर्ण, Hindi pronunciation: [ʋəɾ'ɳə]), in the context of Hinduism, refers to a social class within a hierarchical traditional Hindu society...

Canada Varna Peninsula, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Varna (Hinduism), a social class system Varna, an attribute in Hindu astrology Varna culture...

However, the knowledge about actual history of Brahmins or other varnas of Hinduism in and after the first millennium is fragmentary and preliminary,...

Nasadiya Sukta (Hymn of Creation) Agganna Sutta — a Buddhist critique Varna (Hinduism) and Caste system in India The Rigveda: The Earliest Religious Poetry...

purification in esoteric Hinduism (and Buddhism). Sita The wife of Vishnu's seventh avatar, Rama. Shudra The class or varna in Hindu tradition, consisting...

succeeding Smritis of Hinduism ever use the word varnadharma (that is, the dharma of varnas), or varnasramadharma (that is, the dharma of varnas and asramas),...

Balinese Hinduism (Indonesian: Hinduisme Bali; Balinese: ᬳᬶᬦ᭄ᬤᬸᬯᬶᬲ᭄ᬫᬾᬩᬮᬶ, Hindusmé Bali), also known in Indonesia as Agama Hindu Dharma, Agama Tirtha,...

largely segmented on the basis of locality, language, varna, jāti, occupation, and sect. "Hinduism" is an umbrella-term, referring to a broad range of sometimes...

Discrimination Homo sacer Outcast (person) Prejudice Shudra Slavery Underclass Varna (Hinduism) "Definition of untouchability | Dictionary.com". www.dictionary.com...

agitation Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 Upper Backward Castes Varna (Hinduism) "OBCs form 41% of population: Survey". The Times of India. September...

The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism is a book on the sociology of religion written by Max Weber, a German economist and sociologist...

Cricket Association of Nepal from 2014 to 2016 Caste system in Nepal Varna (Hinduism) National Statistics Office (2021). National Population and Housing...

Nasadiya Sukta (Hymn of Creation) Agganna Sutta — a Buddhist critique Varna (Hinduism) and Caste system in India "Medha Suktam - Two Hymns to the Goddess...

explanation of the varna system of which they have been such strong protagonists? B.R. Ambedkar on the varna system, in Riddles in Hinduism This appendix consolidates...

system in Nepal Ethnic groups in Nepal Kshatriya Caste system in India Varna (Hinduism) The Gorkha soldiers are usually from Gurung community in Gorkha district...

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

Varnas may refer to: Varnas (Hinduism), the four major social classes in Hindu thought Varnas (surname), a Lithuanian surname Varna (disambiguation) This...

Fourth Estate Fifth Estate Sphere sovereignty Trifunctional hypothesis Varna (Hinduism) What Is the Third Estate? Prussian estates Estates of the Netherlands...

"saved Hinduism from disintegration. But like every other institution it has suffered from excrescences." He considered the four divisions of Varnas to be...

the citizens, with Hinduism being the state religion. According to various historical sources, even though the presence of varna and caste had been known...

Hinduism and Sikhism are Indian religions. Hinduism has pre-historic origins, while Sikhism was founded in the 15th century by Guru Nanak. Both religions...

The history of Hinduism covers a wide variety of related religious traditions native to the Indian subcontinent. It overlaps or coincides with the development...

"eternal order") is an alternative term used by some Hindus to refer to Hinduism instead of the term Hindu Dharma. The term is found in Sanskrit and other...

who were excluded from the fourfold varna system of Hinduism and thought of themselves as forming a fifth varna, describing themselves as Panchama. In...

predominant religion in the region was Brahmanism, a predecessor of modern-day Hinduism. Brahmanism supported a religiously and socially motivated caste system...

Hinduism is the third-largest religion in Indonesia, based on civil registration data in 2023 from Ministry of Home Affairs, is practised by about 1.68%...

vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text. Karma is a concept of Hinduism which describes a system in which beneficial effects are derived from past...

movement Khilafat Movement Non-cooperation movement Malabar rebellion Varna (Hinduism) Jenmi Jallianwala Bagh massacre (in 1919) Wagon tragedy Ottoman Caliphate...

religion, also called Vedicism or Vedism, and sometimes ancient Hinduism or Vedic Hinduism, constituted the religious ideas and practices prevalent amongst...

Anti-Hindi agitations History of the Indian caste system Caste system Varna (Hinduism) Indigenous peoples Indigenous archaeology Dibyesh Anand (15 October...