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What is a Vaishya?

What is a Vaishya? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The third caste of traditional Indian society, comprising merchants and landowners.
  2. A member of this caste.
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There is no Vaishya caste at present, but the bania caste are considered, perhaps incorrectly, to be descended from the Vaishyas.
Brahman, kshatriya, vaishya and shudra are the four basic classes of society under which religion?
Raj Kumar Vaishya considers he is young enough to pursue his dream of 77 years and obtain a post graduate degree.
It is only on the level of the third, the Vaishya caste, that life is devoted primarily to the ideology of wealth.
Besides, though he was a Vaishya by caste, he was all praise for the Varnashrama institution of India.

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