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Vaishya (Sanskrit: वैश्य, vaiśya) is one of the four varnas of the Vedic 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 as mentioned in the Bhagavad Gita .
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Vaishya Vani is a sub-caste of Vaishyas, one of the varnas of Hinduism.In the Gujarat state and the Daman territory, they are also known as Vaishnav or Vaishnav Vanik. [1] In Uttara Kannada districts of Karwar and Ankola they are called as Vaishya Vani, or Vani.their mother tongue is Konkani which they speak among themselves in the states of Gujrat, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra.
The Arya Vaishyas / Komati were classified as Upper Caste Vaishyas / General Category by the States of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Karnataka. The Mackenzie manuscripts provide a record of a copper plate grant of guru Bhaskaracharya (16th century CE), given by the 102 gotras which formed the Gavara grouping.
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The caste system in Kerala differed from that found in the rest of India.While the Indian caste system generally divided the four-fold Varna division of the society into Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras, in Kerala, that system was absent.
Agrahari, Agraharee or Agarhari is an Indian Vaishya community. They are the descendants of legendary king Agrasena. [2] Predominantly, they are found in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, [3] Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Terai region of Nepal. [4]
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