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རྗེའུ་རིགས། | Glossary of Terms
རྗེའུ་རིགས།
rje’u rigs
vaiśya
- Term
- Vaiśya
- རྗེའུ་རིགས།
- rje’u rigs
- vaiśya
One of the four castes, that of merchants.
- Vaiśya
- རྗེའུ་རིགས།
- rje’u rigs
- vaiśya
The merchant caste in the fourfold division of the society.
- Vaiśya
- རྗེའུ་རིགས།
- rje’u rigs
- vaiśya
The third of the four classes in the Indian caste system. It generally includes the merchants and farmers.
- Vaiśya
- རྗེའུ་རིགས།
- rje’u rigs
- vaiśya
The merchant caste in the fourfold division of the society.
- Vaiśya
- རྗེའུ་རིགས།
- rje’u rigs
- vaiśya
The merchant caste.
- Vaiśya
- རྗེའུ་རིགས།
- rje’u rigs
- vaiśya
The second lowest of the four classes in the Indian caste system, it generally includes the merchants and farmers.
- Vaiśya
- རྗེའུ་རིགས།
- rje’u rigs
- vaiśya
The caste of merchants and farmers of classical Indian society.
- Vaiśya
- རྗེའུ་རིགས།
- rje’u rigs
- vaiśya
A member of the merchant caste.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Vaiśya
- རྗེའུ་རིགས།
- རྗེའུའི་རིགས།
- རྗེ་རིགས།
- rje’u rigs
- rje’u’i rigs
- rje rigs
- vaiśya
A member of the merchant caste.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Vaiśya
- རྗེའུ་རིགས།
- rje’u rigs
- vaiśya
The class of merchants and farmers in India’s caste hierarchy.
- Business caste
- རྗེའུའི་རིགས།
- rje’u’i rigs
- vaiṣya varṇa
The third of the four classes in the Indian caste system. It generally includes merchants and farmers.
- Mercantile class
- རྗེའུ་རིགས།
- rje’u rigs
- vaiśyavarṇa
Third of the four classes of traditional Indian society.