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

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

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),...

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

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...

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Balinese Hinduism (Indonesian: Agama Hindu Dharma; Agama Tirtha; Agama Air Suci; Agama Hindu Bali) is the form of Hinduism practised by the majority of...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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 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...

to be permissible to the members of the Kshatriya varna, and only the Vaishya and the Shudra varnas according to Smriti texts, though it has grown increasingly...

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...

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

dynasty. Traditionally, priests have predominantly come from the Brahmin varna, whose male members are designated for the function in the Hindu texts....

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

different (Bhedabheda, Non-Dualist + Dualist). The six orthodox schools of Hinduism believe that there is Ātman in every living being (jiva), which is distinct...

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

Hinduism is the third-largest religion in Indonesia, based on civil registration data in 2022 from Ministry of Home Affairs, is practised by about 1.69%...