Sudra
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Sudra
From the Sanskrit word śūdra
Example Sentences
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The ancient designation Sudra finds no great favour in modern times, and we can point to no group that is generally recognized as representing it.
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Daily observation shows even Brahmans exercising the menial profession of a Sudra.
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The common people loved Issa, for he lived in peace with the Vaisyas and the Sudras, to whom he taught the Holy Scriptures.
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We wear the sacred garment, the Sudra or the shirt, the Kusti or thread for the waist, and the twofold cap.
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The old division into Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, Sudra, and Mlechha, or outcast, who is below the Sudra, is but a division into the priest, the warrior, the husbandman, the artisan, and the menial....
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