Definitions

1. Shudra: A member of the laborer, servant caste.

Brahmin

1. Similarly, if the victim of a crime is a Shudra, the punishment is mild, and the punishment is harsh in case the victim is a Brahmin.
2. One is of a Brahmin and the other, of a Shudra, (Vokkaliga to be precise).

Caste

1. In the Brahmanical social scheme these castes belong to the shudra order. (Web site)
2. In its narrow sense, a Shudra is the lowest of the four castes. (Web site)
3. They were then ground into "Shudra" and "untouchables" castes after being politically, religiously and economically disempowered. (Web site)

Cut

1. If he [a Shudra] lays hold of the hair [of a superior] let the [king] unhesitatingly cut off his hands. (Web site)
2. If out of arrogance he [a Shudra] spits [on a superior] the king shall cause both his lips to be cut off. (Web site)
3. A Shudra's waist is to be branded or his buttocks are to be cut only because he occupies the same seat as the Brahmin.
4. A once-born man (Shudra) who insults a twice-born ('upper' caste) man with gross invective, shall have his tongue cut out, for he is of low origin. (Web site)

Vaishya

1. For example, if a Brahmin is awarded death sentence, it is sufficient to shave his head, but Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra are to actually die.
2. But I have also said that it is possible for a shudra, for instance, to become a vaishya.
3. There are four main classes (varnas) -- brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya and shudra -- and innumerable castes, called jati. (Web site)
4. The four categories were the labor class (Shudra), merchant class (Vaishya), warrior class (Kshatriya) and the priestly class (Brahmin).

Woman

1. To the Shudra whether man or woman, and to women of all other castes it is forbidden.
2. Vidura, famous in the Mahabharata, was born of a Shudra woman.
3. A Brahmin, according to Manu, must not teach the Shudra and woman even if he dies with his knowledge without imparting it to anybody.
4. This can also happen if a man from the three higher castes marries a Shudra woman. (Web site)
5. For this reason, the marriage of a twice-born man with a shudra woman is altogether discouraged by some of the later law books.

Sink

1. The kingdom of that monarch who looks on while a Shudra settles the law will sink [low] like a cow in a morass. (Web site)
2. A Brahmin who takes a Shudra wife to his bed will [after death] sink into hell; if he begets a child by her he will lose the rank of a Brahmin. (Web site)

Outcast

1. The Brahma Shakta has no objection to worshipping the Goddess even with the Shudra outcast, the Pariah. (Web site)
2. According to Atri and to [Gautama] the son of Uthaya, he who weds a Shudra woman becomes an outcast . (Web site)

Highest

1. But to serve Brahmins [who are] learned in the Vedas, householders and famous [for virtue] is the highest duty of a Shudra, which leads to beatitude. (Web site)
2. His chief deciples were brahmin, kshatria, vaishya & ALSO SHUDRA. Many shudras became arihant ( the highest title). (Web site)

Even

1. X - 129. No collection of wealth must be made by a shudra even though he be able to do it; for a shudra who has acquired wealth gives pain to Brahmana. (Web site)
2. One occupation only the lord prescribed to the Shudra, to serve meekly even these [other] three castes. (Web site)
3. No collection of wealth must be made a Shudra, even though he be able [to do it], for a Shudra who has acquired wealth gives pain to Brahmins.

Slave

1. A Brahmin may confidently seize the goods of [his] Shudra [slave], for, as that [slave] can have no property, his master may take his possessions . (Web site)
2. Even if a Brahmin frees a Shudra from slavery the Shudra continues to be a slave as he is created for slavery. (Web site)

Whatever

1. The service of Brahmins alone is declared [to be] an excellent occupation for a Shudra, for whatever else besides this he may perform will bear him no fruit. (Web site)
2. Serving Brahmins alone is recommended as the best innate activity of a Shudra; for whatever he does other than this bears no fruit for him (123, Chapter X).

Shudra

1. Chandragupta Maurya & his gradson king Ashoka were from shudra (surprising) So India was ruled by shudras in buddhist period. (Web site)
2. The Brahmin, Kshatriya and the Vaishya castes are the twice-born ones, but the fourth, the Shudra, has one birth only. (Web site)
3. If he [a Shudra] arrogantly teaches Brahmins their duty, the king shall cause hot oil to be poured into his mouth and into his ears. (Web site)
4. The ideal society would be a mixture of Brahmin knowledge, Kshatriya culture, Vaisya efficiency and the egalitarian Shudra ethos.

Shudras

1. We can say that India was like present day america at that time of shudra rulers. (Web site)
2. The Shudra is precluded from the performance of Vaidik rites, or the reading of the Vedas, or the recital of the Vaidik mantra.
3. But it does not say why the Shudra is not to have his Upanayana performed. (Web site)
4. The majority gave a decision in favour and saved Pratapsinha from being degraded to the status of a Shudra. (Web site)
5. He said that he had re-examined the evidence and had come to the conclusion that Shivaji was a Shudra and was therefore unfit for coronation. (Web site)

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