84000 Glossary of Terms

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རིགས་བཞི། | Glossary of Terms

  • རིགས་བཞི།

  • rigs bzhi
  • caturvarṇa
  • cāturvarṇa
  • Term
Publications: 2
  • four castes
  • རིགས་བཞི།
  • rigs bzhi
  • cāturvarṇa
Definition in this text:

The four social classes of traditional Hindu society: brahmin, kṣatriya, vaiśya, and śūdra.

  • four castes
  • རིགས་བཞི།
  • rigs bzhi
  • caturvarṇa
Definition in this text:

The four main castes of Indic society: brahmin, kṣatriya, vaiśya, and śūdra.