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Definition of Shudra

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 Shudra

1. Noun. a Hindu of the lowest caste, that of the workers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shudra

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Literary usage of Shudra

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

1. The History of Caste in India: Evidence of the Laws of Manu on the Social by Shridhar Venkatesh Ketkar (1909)
"Let us now find out how the Shudra varna was constituted as it was conceived by our writer. I have already said that our writer carefully avoids making any ..."

2. Indian Caste by John Wilson (1877)
"We conclude this sketch by referring to the legal position of the Shudra. ... The principal duty assigned to the Shudra is that of .serving the Brahman, ..."

3. Indian Caste by John Wilson (1877)
"The principal duty assigned to the Shudra is that of serving the Brahman, the Kshatriya, and the Vaishya, especially the Brahman, for whose advantage, ..."

4. The English People Overseas by A. Wyatt Tilby (1912)
"The fourth caste that the great code recognised was the Shudra. ' One occupation the Lord prescribed to the Shudra —to serve meekly the other three castes. ..."

5. Vyavasthá-darpana: A Digest of the Hindu Law, as Current in Bengal. With by Shama Churun Sircar, Bengal (1867)
"Accordingly, SANKHA omits Shudra in describing a wife eligible for a twice born man. ... and let the son of the Shudra take a single part."—Rid. p. 144. ..."

6. English Translations of Select Tracts, Published in India: With an Introd by John Murdoch (1861)
"The Brahmin who has a Shudra female for his attendant (and concubine,) or for his wife, ... Again, it is declared that a Shudra may become a Brahmin. ..."

7. Ancient Ideals in Modern Life: Four Lectures Delivered at the Twenty-fifth by Annie Wood Besant (1901)
"... and the qualities belonging to a Shudra, the teacher declared : " If these qualities are seen in a Shudra and are not found in a Brahmana, ..."

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