Vaisya

Vais·ya (v

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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.

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

Vaisya [ˈvaɪsjə ˈvaɪʃjə]

(Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism) the third of the four main Hindu castes, the traders

[from Sanskrit, literally: settler, from viś settlement]

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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

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caste Hindoo Hindu Hindustani Varna	The interconnectedness between state and society becomes further evident when we look at organization of the governor's court (adalat), where local merchants such as Virji Vora and Hari Vaisya occupied a prominent place. The Mughal port cities of Surat and Hugli by Hasan, Farhat / Marg, A Magazine of the Arts We note here that although traditional Brahminic Hinduism has four broad castes: Brahmin priests, Kshatriya warriors, Vaisya merchants, and Sudra workers and farmers, the more detailed reality is a much finer gradation of many specific castes who constitute the elements of the specific jajmani economies in specific local areas of India. The transition between the old and new traditional economies in India by Rosser, J. Barkley, Jr; Rosser, Marina V. / Comparative Economic Studies It sounds like a faintly ludicrous position, but the autumnal ochres of wool hat or the rich purples of vaisya do seem to add something to the words' meaning, and the very difficulty of defining what this might be is no small part of the works' lasting appeal. Ricci Albenda: Andrew Kreps Gallery by Wilson, Michael / Artforum International	Vagrantly Vagrantness vague Vague year vaguely vagueness vagus vagus nerve Váh vahana vahine vail Vailer Vaimure vain vainglorious vainglory vainly Vainness vair Vairy Vaisakha Vaishnava Vaishnavism Vaisnavism Vaisya Vaivode Vajpayee Vajra Vajrayana Vakeel Val-d'Oise Val-de-Marne Val. Valais valance valance board Valdai Hills valdecoxib Valdemar I Valdez Valdivia Valdo Valdosta vale Vale of Glamorgan valediction valedictorian valedictory valedictory address valedictory oration	Vaishnava Vaishnava Vaishnava Arts Network International Vaishnava Internet News Agency Vaishnava theology Vaishnava theology Vaishnavas Vaishnavas Vaishnavish Vaishnavish Vaishnavism Vaishnavism Vaishnavism ISKCON Vaishnavism ISKCON Vaishnavist Vaishnavist Vaishnavite Vaishnavite Vaishnavites Vaishnavites Vaishnvaism Vaishnvaism Vaishya Vaishya Vaishyas Vaishyas Vaisnava Vaisnava Vaisnavism Vaisnavism Vaisya Vaisyas Vaisyas VAIT Vaitarani VAITC Vaitka VAIU Vaivode VAIVR VAIW Vaizard Vaizard VAJ Vaja Vajansky, Svetozar Vajanský, Svetozar Vajda, Imre Vajda, Janos Vajda, János Vajdasag Vajdasag Vajdaság Vajdaság Vajdasagi Magyarok Demokratikus Kozossege Vajezatha vajikarana Vajiravhud Vajiravudh

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The interconnectedness between state and society becomes further evident when we look at organization of the governor's court (adalat), where local merchants such as Virji Vora and Hari Vaisya occupied a prominent place.

The Mughal port cities of Surat and Hugli by Hasan, Farhat / Marg, A Magazine of the Arts

We note here that although traditional Brahminic Hinduism has four broad castes: Brahmin priests, Kshatriya warriors, Vaisya merchants, and Sudra workers and farmers, the more detailed reality is a much finer gradation of many specific castes who constitute the elements of the specific jajmani economies in specific local areas of India.

The transition between the old and new traditional economies in India by Rosser, J. Barkley, Jr; Rosser, Marina V. / Comparative Economic Studies

It sounds like a faintly ludicrous position, but the autumnal ochres of wool hat or the rich purples of vaisya do seem to add something to the words' meaning, and the very difficulty of defining what this might be is no small part of the works' lasting appeal.

Ricci Albenda: Andrew Kreps Gallery by Wilson, Michael / Artforum International

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