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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

into Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras, in Kerala, there existed only two varnas: Brahmins and Shudras, out of these four , while others were...

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...

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...

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

Vinayagar Agaval Society Varna Four varnas: Brahmana Kshatriya Vaishya Shudra Varna-less: Dalit Varna-related topics: Jati Other society-related topics:...

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...

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...

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

season to help the crowd associate with the players such as 'Rocket Ron Shudra, 'Stormin' Steve Nemeth and 'Magic' Mark Mackie. The Steelers were named...

Vellalars as sat-Shudras meaning shudras of "true being". Sat-shudras are also known as clean shudras, upper shudras, pure or high-caste shudras. This classification...

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...

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...

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

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

Vinayagar Agaval Society Varna Four varnas: Brahmana Kshatriya Vaishya Shudra Varna-less: Dalit Varna-related topics: Jati Other society-related topics:...

considered to be derogatory. Hiltebeitel, who classifies the Vanniyar as Shudra in the Hindu varna system, notes that South Indian society traditionally...