vaisya

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.

C. Early Civilizations and Classical Empires of South and East Asia 2001

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.

Buddha Armstrong, Karen, 1944- 2001

Duryodhana and others, and another, named Yuyutsu, who was born of a vaisya woman.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

Duryodhana and others, and another, named Yuyutsu, who was born of a vaisya woman.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

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. '

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 4 1989