Vi fant 2 definisjoner av varna på engelsk.
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| varna - (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis) | ||
| group, grouping any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | ||
| hindooism, hinduism a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils | ||
| jati (Hinduism) a Hindu caste or distinctive social group of which there are thousands throughout India; a special characteristic is often the exclusive occupation of its male members (such as barber or potter) | ||
| brahman, brahmin any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding | ||
| rajanya the second highest of the four varnas: the noble or warrior category | ||
| vaisya the third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional category | ||
| Varna - a port city in northeastern Bulgaria on the Black Sea | ||