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SUDRA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The lowest of the four varnas: the servants and workers of low status
Synonyms:
shudra; sudra
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("sudra" is a kind of...):
varna ((Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis))
Meronyms (members of "sudra"):
Shudra; Sudra (a member of the lowest or worker Hindu caste)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of the lowest or worker Hindu caste
Synonyms:
Shudra; Sudra
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Sudra" is a kind of...):
Hindoo; Hindu; Hindustani (a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India)
Holonyms ("Sudra" is a member of...):
shudra; sudra (the lowest of the four varnas: the servants and workers of low status)