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Definition of Sudra

1. Noun. A member of the lowest or worker Hindu caste.

2. Noun. The lowest of the four varnas: the servants and workers of low status.

Definition of Sudra

1. n. The lowest of the four great castes among the Hindoos. See Caste.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sudra

sudokuist sudokuists sudokus sudor sudoral sudoriferous sudoriferous gland sudorific sudorifick sudorifics

sudoriparous sudoriparous glands sudorous sudors sudovikovite sudra (current term) suds suds up sudsed sudsed up

sudser sudsers sudses sudsier sudsiest sudsing sudsing up sudsless sudsy sueable

Literary usage of Sudra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"A sudra has no class beneath him ; but, if other employments fail, he may subsist by ... A sudra may perform sacrifices with the omission of the holy texts; ..."

2. Morals in Evolution: A Study in Comparative Ethics by Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse (1915)
"The sudra in Manu is as such a born slave. " A sudra, though emancipated by his master, is not released from servitude; since that is innate in him, ..."

3. Morals in Evolution: A Study in Comparative Ethics by Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse (1906)
"l To kill a sudra is a minor offence, placed in the same list with the cutting down of green trees for firewood, neglecting to kindle the sacred fires, ..."

4. A History of Hindu Civilisation During British Rule by Pramatha Náth Bose (1894)
"In fact, with regard to many members of the socalled sudra castes such as ... it is difficult to tell whether they belong to the sudra or the Vaisya class. ..."

5. A History of Hindu Civilisation During British Rule by Pramatha Nath Bose (1894)
"In fact, with regard to many members of the socalled sudra castes such as Barai (carpenter), Ka'ma'r (blacksmith), Teli (oil pressers) &c., it is difficult ..."

6. Digest of Indian Law Cases: High Court Reports, 1862-86, and Privy Council by Joseph Vere Woodman, India High Court (Calcutta, India) (1887)
"—The illegitimate son of a sudra being the offspring; of an incestuous ... Semble,—To entitle the illegitimate sons of a sudra by a sudra woman to inherit a ..."

7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"A sudra need not marry a wife of the same caste or sect as himself. In 1871 it was decided by the judicial committee of the privy council that a marriage ..."

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