vaisya

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castes
noun the third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional category

Agriculture, tending cattle, trade, this is the natural duty of Vaisyas. — India, Its Life and Thought, John P. (John Peter) Jones
"I should say they were in the Vaisya caste, agriculture and trade. — Across India; Or, Live Boys in the Far East, Oliver Optic
“This goal could be (1) KAMA, desire, activity of the life of the senses (SUDRA stage), (2) ARTHA, gain, fulfilling but controlling the desires (VAISYA stage), (3) DHARMA, self-discipline, the life of responsibility and right action (KSHATRIYA stage), (4) MOKSHA, liberation, the life of spirituality and religious teaching (BRAHMIN stage). — Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda

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