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Vaisya

Vaisya is the alternative form of Vaishya.

Meaning of Vaishya

Noun

Vaishya (plural Vaishyas)

  1. The third caste of traditional Indian society, comprising merchants and landowners.
  2. A member of this caste.
    • To perform successfully in the marketplace, vaishyas had to be ambitious, to want worldly goods, and to compete aggressively with their rivals, and this "desire" bound them inexorably to the cycle of death and rebirth.2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books, published 2007, page 307

Forms of Vaisya

pluralVaisyas

Questions about Vaisya

What is Vaisya the alternative form of?
Vaisya is the alternative form of Vaishya.

Words near Vaisya in the dictionary

  1. vaishya
  2. vaishyas
  3. Vaisnavara
  4. Vaisravana
  5. Vaisvānara
  6. Vaisya
  7. Vaisyas
  8. Vaivasvata
  9. vaivod
  10. vaivode
  11. vaivodes

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