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- noun Plural form of
varna .
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The classical literature of hindus abounds in reference to class wars between these two varnas.
Archive 2009-02-01 kesav 2009
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The classical literature of hindus abounds in reference to class wars between these two varnas.
Untouchable Spring .... అంటరాని వసంతం kesav 2009
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None of those are actually castes, these are varnas, different from castes, there are hundreds of castes.
Keep It Simple, Stupid: Go Fixie! BikeSnobNYC 2008
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The HEF asked this to be changed to the following: 'During Vedic times, people were divided into different social groups (varnas) based on their capacity to undertake a particular profession.'
January 23rd, 2006 2006
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Savitri Era Political Action: Every individual is to develop within himself all the qualities and faculties of four varnas skip to main
Every individual is to develop within himself all the qualities and faculties of four varnas Tusar N Mohapatra 2007
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CHATURVARNYA: The ideal of the Integral Education is based on the concept of chaturvarnya, which implies that every individual is to develop within himself all the qualities and faculties of four varnas.
Every individual is to develop within himself all the qualities and faculties of four varnas Tusar N Mohapatra 2007
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Every individual is to develop within himself all the qualities and faculties of four varnas
Every individual is to develop within himself all the qualities and faculties of four varnas Tusar N Mohapatra 2007
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All the varnas have to be realized within him, which is a demand of time of our subjective age...
Every individual is to develop within himself all the qualities and faculties of four varnas Tusar N Mohapatra 2007
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The first sound, the vibration of Sabdabrahman, is the energy that splits and expands into wavelengths and eventually manifests as fifty articulate sounds or varnas.
The Sivananda Companion To Meditation THE SIVANANDA YOGA VEDANTA CENTER 2003
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Actually, in this lofty declaration, Golwalkar has not made any departure from the orthodox Brahmanist position which argues that all the varnas (and castes) were the parts of same virat purush and hence equal.
Countercurrents.org 2010
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