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Sudra

American  
[soo-druh] / ˈsu drə /

noun

  1. Shudra.


Sudra British  
/ ˈsjuːdrə /

noun

  1. the lowest of the four main Hindu castes, the workers

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Sudra

From the Sanskrit word śūdra

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Why might members of the Sudra and Pariah castes convert to Islam under the Delhi Sultanate?

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

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....

From India, Its Life and Thought by Jones, John P. (John Peter)

Similarly, one that is a Vaisya by birth may, by following the practices of a Sudra, become a Sudra.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

In this way, O chief of the Bharatas, that Rishi, O best of men, came into the asylum of the Sudra times out of a number for the object of seeing him.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

The duties of the Sudra consist in the pursuit of the aggregate of three.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

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