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Word: vaishyas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bride was a Brahman, highest of the four Hindu castes.* The Gandhis belong to the Vaishya or shopkeeper caste. While many marvelled, Devadas Gandhi knelt before a roaring fire in a ceremony of purification, was married by a saffron-robed priest who mumbled that henceforth he would be entitled to worship and act as a Brahman. Hindus in the audience knew that no matter what the priest said Devadas Gandhi will always be considered a Vaishya...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Gandhi Wedding | 6/26/1933 | See Source »

...Brahman, the intellectual; Kshatrya, the soldier; Vaishya, the merchant; Sudra, the laborer. The Untouchables, fifth social class, are not strictly a caste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Gandhi Wedding | 6/26/1933 | See Source »

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