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vaishya

one of the four divisions of the Hindu varna system
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vaishya

Summary

vaishya is a varna[1]. vaishya draws 236 Wikipedia views per month (varna category, ranking #3 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • vaishya's instance of is recorded as varna[3].
  • vaishya's Commons category is recorded as Vaishya[4].
  • vaishya's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vaishya community[5].
  • vaishya's facet of is recorded as caste system in India[6].
  • vaishya's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7].
  • vaishya's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • vaishya's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[9].
  • vaishya's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • vaishya's native label is recorded as वैश्य[11].
  • vaishya's next lower rank is recorded as shudra[12].
  • vaishya's next higher rank is recorded as kshatriya[13].

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Definition and Type

vaishya's instance of is recorded as varna[3].

Why It Matters

vaishya draws 236 Wikipedia views per month (varna category, ranking #3 of 3).[2] vaishya has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] vaishya is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Next lower rank → shudra
    Sociomap id → SM258353
    Instance of → varna
    Instance of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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