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དམངས་རིགས། | Glossary of Terms
དམངས་རིགས།
dmangs rigs
śūdra
- Term
- Śūdra
- དམངས་རིགས།
- dmangs rigs
- śūdra
One of the four castes, that of commoners or servants.
- Śūdra
- དམངས་རིགས།
- dmangs rigs
- śūdra
The laborer caste in the fourfold division of the society.
- Śūdra
- དམངས་རིགས།
- dmangs rigs
- śūdra
The fourth and lowest of the classes in the caste system of India. Generally includes the laboring class.
- Śūdra
- དམངས་རིགས།
- dmangs rigs
- śūdra
The laborer caste in the fourfold division of the society.
- Śūdra
- དམངས་རིགས།
- dmangs rigs
- śūdra
The name of the lowest of the four castes. “Untouchables.”
- Śūdra
- དམངས་རིགས།
- dmangs rigs
- śūdra
The fourth and lowest of the classes in the Indian caste system, it generally encompasses the laboring class.
- Śūdra
- དམངས་རིགས།
- dmangs rigs
- śūdra
The caste of the laborers and servants of classical Indian society.
- Śūdra
- དམངས་རིགས།
- dmangs rigs
- śūdra
A member of the laborer 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.
- Śūdra
- དམངས་རིགས།
- dmangs rigs
- śūdra
A member of the laborer or serf caste, one of the four castes.
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.
- Śūdra
- དམངས་རིགས།
- dmangs rigs
- śūdra
The fourth and lowest of the classes in the caste hierarchy of India, which generally includes the laboring class.
- Laboring class
- དམངས་རིགས།
- dmangs rigs
- śūdravarṇa
Fourth of the four classes of traditional Indian society.
- Low caste
- དམངས་རིགས།
- dmangs rigs
- śudra
- śudra varṇa