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Definition of "varna" []

  • Any of the four original castes in Hinduism, or the system of such castes (noun)

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Use "varna" in a sentence
  • "Adultery means production of unwanted children known as varna-sankara, who disturb the world."
  • "The confusion between ‘jati’ and ‘varna’ when the caste system is described."
  • "It is evident; therefore, that Sanskritisation reinforces and consolidates the ‘immutable varna hierarchy’ rather than dislodges it or modify it."
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