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Sudra   Listen
noun
Sudra  n.  (Written also Soorah, Soodra, and Sooder)  The lowest of the four great castes among the Hindoos. See Caste.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Sudra" Quotes from Famous Books



... but four castes: The Brahmin or priest caste who were supposed to have sprung from the head of Brahma or God; the Kshatriya or warrior caste who sprang from his arms, the Vasiya or merchant and farmer class who sprang from his thigh, and the Sudra or servant and handicraftsmen class who came from his feet. The idea of superiority by birth having once been accepted as fundamental, however, these primary castes were themselves divided and subdivided along real or imaginary lines of superiority or inferiority until to-day the official government ...
— Where Half The World Is Waking Up • Clarence Poe

... wear the sacred garment, the Sudra or the shirt, the Kusti or thread for the waist, and ...
— Les Parsis • D. Menant



Words linked to "Sudra" :   varna, Hindustani, Hindu, Hindoo



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