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vaisya


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vaisya  \Vais"ya\,  n.  [Skr.  vai[,c]ya.] 
  The  third  of  the  four  great  original  castes  among  the  Hindus, 
  now  either  extinct  or  partially  represented  by  the  mercantile 
  class  of  Banyas.  See  the  Note  under  {Caste},  1. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Vaisya 
  n  1:  a  member  of  the  mercantile  and  professional  Hindu  caste;  the 
  third  of  the  four  main  castes  [syn:  {Vaisya}] 
  2:  the  third  of  the  four  main  Hindu  castes:  the  mercantile  and 
  professional  caste  [syn:  {Vaisya}] 




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