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| | Vaishya Gurumutt :: Haldipur on the map of India |
 | | The aradhana deities in the said Mutt are Sri Lakshmi Narsinvha and Sri Durga Parameshwari. | | | The holiness and the spiritual powers of deities in the Mutt were lost due to improper use. | | | In the absence of a successor to a spiritual head, the Mutt was unable to provide the necessary spiritual guidance and blessings, badly needed for the welfare and upliftment of the Vaishya community. |
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| | Vaishya Dictionary |
| | The ceremony for the purpose of “bringing near or leading to”the Truth is performed by a priest and presided over by the father of the boy being initiated. | | | Vaishya Dictionary: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary III on Varna | | | There are four major castes in Hindu society: Brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya, and shudra. |
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| | Kshatriya and Vaishya children, on the other hand, had to be older because they could live in their guru's home only when they were capable of looking after themselves. | | | Upanayanam or the thread ceremony is the sanskara performed to mark the beginning of studenthood or Brahmacharya ashram for a Brahmin, Kshatriya or Vaishya boy, to formalize his eligibility to read and study the sacred books Varna Prior to the ceremony, a child of any caste is considered 'once-born' or a Shudra. | | | Another reason is that the Brahmins had to know the Vedas and other texts more thoroughly than the children of the other two castes, since this learning was the mainstay of their lives. |
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| | Dwija - TheBestLinks.com - Caste, Hindu, Brahmin, Kshatriya, ... |
| | It is the name given to the Kshatriya, Brahmin and Vaishya castes among the Hindus in India. | | | Dwija, Caste, Hindu, Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Upanayanam, Stub... | | | Dwija, literally means one who is born twice in Sanskrit. |
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| | URDAY.COM - PRINCE NAABHAAG |
| | The Vaishya went to the king and narrated the whole story. | | | One day, he saw a beautiful woman who was the daughter of a Vaishya. | | | The Vaishya went to the king and sought his help. |
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| | Caste System and Casteism |
| | More importantly, note that two principal castes (Brahmin and Vaishya) had gained subcastes with the same name (Damiya) with reference to totally different tasks (as priests and masons). | | | Note, the lack of relevant information available in print etc. probably also led to the guru-pupil based disciplic tradition for knowledge/spirituality which would otherwise be not as crucial. | | | Similarly, if the person worked as a priest, he would be known as the Damiya-Brahmin. |
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| | Class Caste |
| | As their economic power increased, they were expected to give alms (food and money) to Brahmins, throw feasts for them, and donate generously towards the building of temples and shrines. | | | Even though they were educated about the holy texts and economically strong because they controlled commerce, Vaishyas were denied a high social status, for which they resented the upper castes. | | | Young men of this caste also studied with a guru (teacher) to learn the holy texts and become "twice born". |
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| | The male off-spring of Brahman, kshatriya and vaishya castes are qualified to enter the Gurukula. | | | They make a show of taking initiation, but are not at all interested or qualified to do any of the services which are recommended for a brahmana, kshatriya or vaishya in the spiritual society. | | | His wife can stay with him and both of them have to perform austerities to purify the body and mind. |
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| | Jayate` Varnasankara..! |
| | In sanskrit these are called brahmanas, kshatriyas, vaishyas and shudras. | | | According to Manusmriti, if a person of lower caste adopts the occupation of a higher caste, the king ought to deprive him of all his property and expel him from his kingdom. | | | Manu claims that the same Brahma, who created this world, also created Manusmriti and taught it to him. |
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| | Kashmiri Hindus and the Caste System |
| | The famous Purushasukta hymn of the Rigveda (10.90) speaks of the Brahmana, Rajanya (Kshatriya), Vaishya, and Shudra as having sprung from the head, the arms, the thighs, and the feet of Purusha, the primal man. | | | This mention of varnas has been taken to indicate that a caste system existed in the Vedic times. | | | The BrahmaPurana says that during the golden age (Satya Yuga) everyone was a Brahmana. |
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| | Readings on Hindu Creation Myth and the Caste System |
| | The brahman, or priest class, followed by the kshatriya, or warrior class, and the vaishya, or merchant class, were at the top of Indian society. | | | The caste system became a central element of both Hindu theology and Indian society. | | | One occupation only the lord prescribed to the Shudra, to serve meekly even these (other) three castes. |
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http://www.people.memphis.edu/~kenichls/1301HinduCreationCaste.html
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| | The Vedas |
| | Regulated knowledge involves a gradual raising of the living entity to the spiritual platform, through varna (brahmana - intellectual, kshatriya - ruler, vaishya - merchant, shudra - worker) and asrama (brahmacharya - student, grihastha - family, vanaprastha - retired, sannyasa - mendicant). |
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| | Vaishya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In the Hindu caste system, a Vaishya (Sanskrit वैश्य vaiśya) is a member of the third of the four major castes of the varna system of traditional Indian society, comprising of merchants, farmers, landowners and artisans. | | | You can help WikiProject Hinduism by expanding it. | | | Without rendering support you may see irregular vowel positioning and a lack of conjuncts. |
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| | VNN Vaishnava News Network - World |
| | I mean, if you're teaching people how to be vaishyas, then somebody would have to join and be the one who gets taught and ends up being a vaishya. | | | In Vedic times or even more traditional post Vedic times, a brahmin could get a donation from a Vaishya or Kshatiya and build a temple and make a living from puja. | | | Or how about the way that the Mormon preachers dress? |
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| | Diwali The Festival of Lights by Dr. CS Shah |
| | Goddess Laxmi, symbolizing prosperity and wealth, is worshiped on the no moon day of the month of Ashwin according to Hindu almanac. | | | Diwali is seen victory of good over evil, of knowledge over ignorance, of truth over untruth. | | | It marks the beginning of New Year for Vaishya community - merchants, businessmen and traders. |
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| | Vaishya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | In the Hindu caste system, a Vaishya (Sanskrit वैश्य vaiśya) is a member of the third of the four major castes of the varna system of traditional Indian society, comprising of merchants, farmers, landowners and artisans. | | | You can help WikiProject Hinduism by expanding it. | | | Without rendering support you may see irregular vowel positioning and a lack of conjuncts. |
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| | The vaishya has Gupta and the fourth caste has Dasa as its surname. | | | The brahmin boy should say "Bhavathi bhiksham dehi" The kshathriya says "Bhiksham bhavathi dehi" and the vaishya says "Bhiksham dehi bhavathi". | | | Madhaveeya- Upaveedam (the sacred thread) is made of nine threads. |
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| | Vaishya Gurumutt :: Shri Samsthan Haldipur KereGadde Krishnashram Mutt |
| | The news and any live content are compiled from issues of 'Vaishya Guru Mukha'. | | | It is situated only a few kilometres away from the Goa-Mangalore National Highway (NH-17). | | | Vaishya Gurumutt is at Keregadde village, Haldipur taluka, Karwar District, North Kanara, Karnataka State. |
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| | Caste System in Bengal |
| | Even though formally there are four castes in hinduism: brahmins, ksatriyas, vaishyas and shudras, the social reality is very different in different parts of India. | | | Mention is also found of brahmins from shAkadvIpa (who, according to tradition, came during shashAGka's rule and were called grahavipra; the latter, according to | | | In fact according to traditional stories, which however are not history, brahmins originated in bengal during this time. |
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| | Caste System in India |
| | According to available evidence, the majority of the people seems to be radically very mixed, and to quote the Mahabharata again, "If different colours indicate different castes, then all castes are mixed castes." The Hindus also believe that a man's varna is determined by his profession and deeds and not by his birth. | | | The Sanskrit word applied to the groupings is varna, which means several things but is often interpreted to signify colour. | | | In a verse from the first millennium epic, the Mahabharata, Brigu, the sage explains: "The brahmins are fair, the kshatriyas are reddish, the vaishyas yellow and the sudras are black." |
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| | Sri Laxmivekatesha Temple, Puttur - Udupipages.com |
| | To meet the cultural, social and spiritual needs independently the Vaishya community members settled in and around Udupi, Kundapura and Karkala decided to construct a temple at Puttur, Udupi. | | | A Cradle of sandal has been received in 1988 and silver cover for the same made in 2000. | | | India is known as land of temple and Udupi is famous as city of temples. |
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| | caste system the bane of Hinduism |
| | There was a rudimentary form of caste system in which a person's caste depended not upon his birth but upon his profession as is evident from some of the hymns of the Rigveda (9.112.3). | | | In the vedic age, the caste system was not very rigid since "there was no privileged order of priests." During this time the word vaishya denoted all the people in the region irrespective of their profession and lineage. | | | Caste System is the biggest threat to Hinduism |
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| | Whether the person is a scheduled caste or a Vaishya. | | | What you do, where you live in life has nothing to do with caste system. | | | But these days you go to a temple in Delhi, you don't know who's standing next to you. |
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| | The Mahabharata, Book 8: Karna Parva: Section 41 |
| | The crow, then, casting off the pride of might and energy, adopted a life of peace and quiet. | | | For this, O Karna, I narrate this instance to thee once more. | | | There was a crow that lived on the refuse of the dishes set before those well-behaved young children of the Vaishya. |
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| | Caste System |
| | One does not have to subscribe to a system of belief or carry the banner of any religion to include or exclude the application of eternal principles. | | | Sudras instruct the twice-born (Brahman, Kshatriya and Vaishya) in spiritual wisdom and, wearing the sacred thread, accept the worst type of gifts. | | | "Agriculture, cattle-rearing and trade are the duties of the Vaishya merchant class), born of their own nature; and action consisting of service is the duty of the Sudras (servant class), born of their own nature." |
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| | Vaishya Guru Mukha |
| | We hope and pray to God to bless you all with such exemplary good conduct to make you great people of Bharat. | | | Let there be a self-introspection and a realization that our Guru is a God given precious gift to us. | | | Contents © solely rests with the Editor of Vaishya Guru Mukha. |
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| | Hindu History - Emergence of the Caste System (Chatur-Varna was actually a two-fold division) |
| | In the construction of such grand temples, the unpaid labour of members of the Vaishya and Shudra castes called vishti and balutem was also used. | | | In doing this the clergy firmly rooted in the minds of the masses, ideas about Karma - faithfully carrying out of duties assigned to each person on virtue of being born in any particular caste. | | | Brahmins could generally perform the role of Kshatriyas and Vaishyas; but the Vaishyas or Kshatriyas could rarely become priests - Vishwamitra is one exception to this rule. |
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| | URDAY.COM - GODDESS BHAGWATI BLESSES SURATH AND THE VAISHYA |
| | He also requested her to bless him with an undivided kingdom in his next life. | | | You can achieve all the pleasures of this world, heaven, as well as liberation. | | | The Vaishya requested her to make him free from all kinds of attachments. |
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| | Vaishya (The Annihilation of Caste - Dr. B. R. Ambedkar) |
| | Vaishya (The Annihilation of Caste - Dr. B. | | | Laws of Manu, "The Vaishya [the Lord commanded] to tend cattle, to bestow gifts, to offer sacrifices, to study (the |
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| | Search results for 'Vaishya' |
| | Although he was himself a member of the Vaishya (merchant) caste, Gandhi was the great leader of the movement in India dedicated to eradicating the unjust social and economic aspects of the caste system | | | According to the Manasollasa, the king should marry a Kshatria girl of noble birth for a chief queen though he is permitted to have Vaishya or Shudra wives for pleasure. | | | See: Status of Women in Medieval India Today, in India both divorce and remarriage are completely legal, whereas polygamy |
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| | Caste and Varna |
| | These four groups were the Brahmins, the priests or spiritual class; the Kshatriya, the nobility or ruling class; the Vaishya, the merchants and farmers; and the Shudras or servants. | | | These four orders of society were called "varna", which has two meanings; first it means "color"; and second it means a "veil". | | | Four orders of society were recognized based upon the four main goals of human beings and established society accordingly. |
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| | The Caste System in Hinduism |
| | [41] The works of Brahmins, Ks.atriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras are different, in harmony with the three powers of their born nature. | | | A thread is bestowed at the coming of age to be worn around the waist as the symbol of being twice born. | | | According to the Laws of Manu (whose requirements may not always be observed in modern life), boys are "born again" at specific ages: 8 for Brahmins; 11 for Ks.atriyas; and 12 for Vaishyas. |
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| | India's Caste System |
| | Within each of these categories are the actual "castes" or jatis within which people are born, marry, and die. | | | It has kept a sense of order, and peace among the people. | | | There are five different levels of the system: Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra, and Harijans. |
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| | Be united for greater share in power- The Times of India |
| | He asked the community members to recall traditions of Bhama Shah and Ghanshyam Das Birla, the Vaishyas who never shirked away from making any sacrifice for the nation. | | | Praising the contribution of Birla, he said without him (Birla) Gandhi would not have been able to fight the British as valiantly as he did. | | | On this occasion Rampur MP Jaya Prada hailed contributions of the community and said solemnising marriages of 42 couples was a great thing and more of such functions should be held in the state. |
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| | Vaishyas - Merchants and Artisans - Indian Mythology |
| | Vaishyas - Merchants and Artisans - Indian Mythology | | | Merchants and artisans are classified as Vaishyas according to the Varna system. | | | Last Modified At: Wed Jul 14 00:22:34 2004 |
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| | Indian Culture, india traditions, indian customs, Indian social system |
| | However, the difference lies in the fact that Indian thinkers could translate their idea into practice whereas in Greek culture it remained only as a doctrine. | | | Similarly, the Varna Vyavastha (caste system), initially based on innate nature(guna) and individual’s choice of work (shrama), was divided into four classes-Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra. | | | Plato has categorized society into three classes-Gold, Silver and Copper. |
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| | Hinduism and Abortion |
| | "Killing a Kshatriya [knight] or a Vaishya [Merchant] engaged in sacrifice, a menstrating woman, a pregnant women...[and]..the embryo (even) of a stranger is tantamount to killing a Brahmin [Priest]." (Hindu Ethics, p.45) | | | Chandrasekhar (who is pro-choice) writes that not only do the most ancient Hindu scriptures condemn abortion, but so do the books of laws which were formulated from those scriptures: | | | Vainavism did create a 'Book of Laws' called the Vishnadharma Sutra ("Sacred-Law-Book of Vishnu) which reads: |
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| | Vaishya as Kshatriya |
| | The late Girilal Jain, one of the most erudite people in Indian journalism, had independently made the same argument. | | | His thesis was that a Kshatriya who sought to co-opt Vaishya status was merely being corrupt, but a true Vaishya — trained to work within the limits of the law and to cooperate with others for mutual benefit — could do well in politics without losing touch with his business interests. | | | The largest group in India has always been that of the common people, the Sudras, whom I defined in class terms as the mass of the poor and the middle class. |
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| | Therefore it cannot be said that we are promoting communalism. | | | We are bringing together the people of Vaishya Samaj to work together for the general social welfare. | | | Can you enlist some of the social upliftment work directly undertaken by your organisation? |
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| | Magahi Sahu Vaishya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Communities similar to Magahi Sahu Vaishya are also found in other parts of India and they have similar caste names. | | | Prefix "Magahi" denotes subcast being natives of Magadha. | | | With passage of time they have spread to may parts of India, particularly the eastern India. |
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| | RS Yadav of Lucknow University with Vaishya Ratna. | | | The Chief Minister was also presented a memento and a shawl on behalf of the Vaishya Mahasabha. | | | He once more reiterated that unless the trader community agreed the VAT would not be implemented in UP. |
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