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| Hindu religious texts assigned Vaishyas to traditional roles in ] |
Hindu religious texts assigned Vaishyas to traditional roles in ] and ], but over time they came to be ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K85NA7Rg67wC&pg=PA24 |page=24 |title=The First Great Political Realist|author-link=Roger Boesche |first=Roger |last=Boesche|isbn=978-0-73910-607-5 |date=1 March 2003 }}</ref> Therefore making it their responsibility to provide sustenance for those of higher class, since they were of lower class.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Worlds together Worlds Apart Volume 1|last=Pollard. E., Roserngerg. C., Tignor, R. L.|publisher=W.W. Norton &Company, Inc.|year=2015|isbn=978-0-393-91847-2|location=New York, NY|pages=142}}</ref> The Vaishyas, along with members of the ] and ] varnas, claim '']'' status ("twice born", a second or spiritual birth) after sacrament of initiation as in Hindu theology.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n84OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA112 |page=112 |title=Western Sociologists on Indian Society: Marx, Spencer, Weber, Durkheim, Pareto |first=Gurmukh Ram |last=Madan |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=1979 |isbn=978-0-71008-782-9}}</ref> Indian traders were widely credited for the spread of ] to regions as far as ].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/asiainwesternwor00ains |url-access=registration |page= |title=Asia in western and world history |publisher=M.E. Sharpe |first1=Ainslie Thomas |last1=Embree | author-link1 = Ainslie Embree|first2=Carol |last2=Gluck | author-link2 = Carol Gluck|isbn=978-1-56324-265-6 |date=1 January 1997 }}</ref> | ||
| Historically, Vaishyas have been involved in roles other than their traditional ], trade and commerce. According to historian ], the ] was a Vaishya dynasty that "may have appeared as a reaction against oppressive rulers".<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i_sIE1sO5kwC&pg=PA69 |title=Early medieval Indian society: a study in feudalisation |first=Ram Sharan |last=Sharma |author-link=Ram Sharan Sharma |publisher=Orient Blackswan |year=2003 |orig-year=2001 |page=69 |access-date=26 January 2012|isbn=978-8-12502-523-8 }}</ref> | Historically, Vaishyas have been involved in roles other than their traditional ], trade and commerce. According to historian ], the ] was a Vaishya dynasty that "may have appeared as a reaction against oppressive rulers".<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i_sIE1sO5kwC&pg=PA69 |title=Early medieval Indian society: a study in feudalisation |first=Ram Sharan |last=Sharma |author-link=Ram Sharan Sharma |publisher=Orient Blackswan |year=2003 |orig-year=2001 |page=69 |access-date=26 January 2012|isbn=978-8-12502-523-8 }}</ref> | ||
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| Vaishyas are usually vegetarian due to the concept of ].<ref>{{ cite book | url= https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304870850 | title = Civilizing Tastes: From Caste to Class in South Indian Foodways| date = 2013 | first = James | last = Staples}}</ref> | Vaishyas are usually vegetarian due to the concept of ].<ref>{{ cite book | url= https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304870850 | title = Civilizing Tastes: From Caste to Class in South Indian Foodways| date = 2013 | first = James | last = Staples}}</ref> | ||
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One of the four classes of the Hindu varna system
Vaishya (Sanskrit: वैश्य, vaiśya) is one of the four varnas of the Hindu social order in India. Vaishyas are classed third in the order of Varna hierarchy.
The occupation of Vaishyas consists mainly of agriculture, taking care of cattle, trade and other business pursuits.
Traditional duties
Hindu religious texts assigned Vaishyas to traditional roles in agriculture and cattle-rearing, but over time they came to be landowners, traders and money-lenders. Therefore making it their responsibility to provide sustenance for those of higher class, since they were of lower class. The Vaishyas, along with members of the Brahmin and Kshatriya varnas, claim dvija status ("twice born", a second or spiritual birth) after sacrament of initiation as in Hindu theology. Indian traders were widely credited for the spread of Indian culture to regions as far as southeast Asia.
Historically, Vaishyas have been involved in roles other than their traditional pastoralism, trade and commerce. According to historian Ram Sharan Sharma, the Gupta Empire was a Vaishya dynasty that "may have appeared as a reaction against oppressive rulers".
Vaishyas are usually vegetarian due to the concept of ahimsa.
See also
References
- Boesche, Roger (1 March 2003). The First Great Political Realist. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-73910-607-5.
- Pollard. E., Roserngerg. C., Tignor, R. L. (2015). Worlds together Worlds Apart Volume 1. New York, NY: W.W. Norton &Company, Inc. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-393-91847-2.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Madan, Gurmukh Ram (1979). Western Sociologists on Indian Society: Marx, Spencer, Weber, Durkheim, Pareto. Taylor & Francis. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-71008-782-9.
- Embree, Ainslie Thomas; Gluck, Carol (1 January 1997). Asia in western and world history. M.E. Sharpe. p. 361. ISBN 978-1-56324-265-6.
- Sharma, Ram Sharan (2003) . Early medieval Indian society: a study in feudalisation. Orient Blackswan. p. 69. ISBN 978-8-12502-523-8. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- Staples, James (2013). Civilizing Tastes: From Caste to Class in South Indian Foodways.
External links
Media related to Vaishya at Wikimedia Commons- All India Vaish Federation
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