Classical Hindu caste system, it means 'colour'

Caste. The Chatur-Varna or four castes as found established in the code of Manu

The calssical caste hierarchy. The four sections being Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaisha and Shudra.

The Hindu caste system divided the society by castes based on occupation. This division used the human body as a metaphor with the mouth as the Brahmin (priest), the arms as the Kshatriyas (warriors, noblemen), the thighs as the Vaishyas (skilled workers and farmers) and the feet as the Shudras (servants). The word varna also means color, which might refer to racial differences between the white Aryans from the north, and the brown native population they invaded.

The Hindu term for caste, a social division into which a person is born. There are four major castes in Hindu society: Brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya, and shudra. The first three castes are considered " twice-born." Each Varna can be divided into a number of jatis. Below these four varnas are the untouchables.

Colour. The four principal divisions of Hindu society. It is important to note that the word 'caste' refers strictly to sub-divisond within each varna, and not to varnas themselves.

each of the four departments of society divided to the natural service of function of her members.

literally 'colour', the word for the four social values or class system in Hinduism

(Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis)

The four basic ways of organizing musical tones, viz. sthayi (repeated), arohi (ascending), avarohi (descending), and sanchari mix of all the three).

The four principal divisions of Hindu society. The word 'caste' refers to sub divisions within each Varna, and not to the Varna themselves

Lit. colour; the Varna system is the caste system See also: Avarna, Caste, Varna vyavastha