Vaisya (redirected from Vaishyas)

Vais·ya  (vsh, vshy)

n.

A member of the second-lowest of the four major castes of traditional Indian society, comprising farmers, herders, merchants, and businessmen.

adj.

Of or relating to the class of Vaisyas.

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[Sanskrit vaiya, settler, homesteader, from via, house; see weik-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Vaisya - a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castes vaisya - the third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional category Hindoo, Hindu, Hindustani - a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India
	2.	vaisya - the third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional category varna - (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis) Vaisya - a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castes