Definition of "varna" []

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

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• "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."