vaisya

IPA: vˈeɪziʌ

Root Word: Vaisya

Alternative form of Vaishya [The third caste of traditional Indian society, comprising merchants and landowners.]

Examples of "vaisya" in Sentences

The Vaisya is the expert in economics.
The Manasas live by following the duties of the Vaisya order.
Jangda Porwal Samaj claims it's a part of the Vaisya society.
I have read that they are considered Vaisya due to mostly farmers.
Ksatriyas are good for giving gifts, and the same goes for the Vaisya as well.
Duryodhana and others, and another, named Yuyutsu, who was born of a vaisya woman.
But what is even more curious is that they also capitalized the expressions for the three other castes, viz. kshatriya ` martial class, 'vaisya ` farmers and merchants,' and sudra ` menials. '
The warrior ksatriya class was devoted to government and defense; the vaisya were farmers and stockbreeders who kept the economy afloat; and the sudras were slaves or outcastes who were unable to assimilate into the Aryan system.
These texts include the first religious justifications for a hierarchical structuring of society, asserting the Vedic division of Aryan society into three honorable classes: priests (brahman), noble warriors (kshatriya), and commonalty (vaisya), including both farmers and artisans.