2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

Vaisya

noun

1: a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castes

2: the third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional category

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Vaisya \Vais"ya\, noun [Skr. vai[,c]ya.] The third of the four great original castes among the Hindus, now either extinct or partially represented by the mercantile class of Banyas. See the Note under {Caste}, 1.
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