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Shudra or Shoodra [1] (Sanskrit: Śūdra [2]) is one of the four varnas of the Hindu class and social system in ancient India. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Some sources translate it into English as a caste , [ 4 ] or as a social class.
The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic instance of social classification based on castes. ... Shudra is referred to as Pūşan or nourisher, ...
There was a continuous feud between the Shudra kings and the Brahmins in which the Brahmins were subjected to many tyrannies and indignities. As a result of the negligence towards the Shudras generated by their tyrannies and oppressions, the Brahmins refused to perform the Upanayana of the Shudras.
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, there existed only two varnas: Brahmins and Shudras, out of these four, while others were classified as Avarna.
Shudra, one of the Varnas in the traditional four-section division in the Hindu caste system; Sudra Kingdom, one of the kingdoms of ancient India mentioned in the epic Mahabharata; Sudarium, a Latin word, literally meaning 'sweat cloth', used for wiping the face clean and now associated with Christian liturgical usage and art
The varna designation of Reddys is a contested and complex topic. Even after the introduction of the varna concept to south India, caste boundaries in south India were not as marked as in north India, where the four-tier varna system placed the priestly Brahmins on top followed by the Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras.
In South India, on the other hand, there existed only three distinguishable classes—the Brahmins, the non-Brahmins and the Dalits. [186] Kapus are referred to as a non-Brahmin upper-caste. [195] [196] They are considered to be a "Sat Shudra" (also known as "upper/high-caste/clean Shudra") [197] community in the traditional Hindu ritual ...
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