shudra
Sign in to saveShudra or Shoodra (Sanskrit: '''') is one of the four varnas of the Hindu class and social system in ancient India. Some sources translate it into English as a caste, or as a social class. Theoretically, Shudras constituted a class like workers.
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- Manusmriti
- Yajnavalkya smriti and Grhyasutras
- Medieval Upanishads
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Shudra or Shoodra (Sanskrit: '''') is one of the four varnas of the Hindu class and social system in ancient India. Some sources translate it into English as a caste, or as a social class. Theoretically, Shudras constituted a class like workers.
According to Richard Gombrich's study of Buddhist texts, particularly relating to castes in Sri Lankan Buddhist and Tamil Hindu society,