Vaishyan.

Brit.

/ˈvʌɪʃjə/, U.S.

/ˈvaɪʃjə/

Forms: Also 1700s– Veisya, 1800s Vaisha, Veisya. Also with lower-case initial.

Etymology: < Sanskrit vaiṡya peasant, labourer, etc. In Sir T. Herbert's Trav. (1634) 38 the form wyses occurs (compare quot. 1665), and bice adj. and n. from Urdu has had some currency.

The third of the four great Hindu castes, comprising the merchants and agriculturists; a member of this caste. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > other people of low rank or condition > [noun] > member of any low Hindu caste > member of specific low Hindu caste

Kunbi1598

pariah1613

Shudra1630

Vaishya1665

chuckler1759

bhangi1823

Kori1839

Mahar1855

sweeper1859

Kola1873

Sansi1882

Panchama1893

untouchable1909

Harijan1931

Scheduled Caste1935

Dalit1948

Scheduled Tribe1957

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 53 The last Sect or Cast of Gentiles are the Wises.

1794 W. Jones tr. Inst. Hindu Law i. §31 [Brahma] caused the Brahmen, the Cshatriya, the Vaisya, and the Súdra..to proceed from his mouth, his arm, his thigh, and his foot.

1798 H. Colebrooke in Asiatick Researches 5 59 Born of a Vaisya woman.

1801 R. Patton Princ. Asiatic Monarchies 123 The functions of the vaisya tribe.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. i. i. 31 The practical knowledge required from a Veisya is more general than that of the other classes.

1920 H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. I. xx. 159/1 The four main castes seem to have been:..The Vaisya—herdsmen, merchants, money lenders, and land-owners.

1956 R. Pieris Sinhalese Social Organization v. i. 170 The existence among the Sinhalese of a system akin to the classical Hindu four-fold scheme—priestly brahmins, kshatriyas or warriors, the pastoral vaisyas, and the lowly sūdras..is attested in the survival in Ceylon of the place-name ‘brahmin village’.

1958 Spectator 17 Jan. 70/3 Brahmins, Kshattriyas, Vaishas and Sudras.

1971 Illustr. Weekly India 11 Apr. 11/1 Rishabhadeva also classified the people according to their occupations, the kshatriyas who were warriors, the vaisyas who were traders, and the sudras who made their living by manual labour.

1971 K. Kent in C. Bonington Annapurna South Face 309 Vaishya, common man or merchant.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	vaishya
释义	Vaishyan. Brit. /ˈvʌɪʃjə/, U.S. /ˈvaɪʃjə/ Forms: Also 1700s– Veisya, 1800s Vaisha, Veisya. Also with lower-case initial. Etymology: < Sanskrit vaiṡya peasant, labourer, etc. In Sir T. Herbert's Trav. (1634) 38 the form wyses occurs (compare quot. 1665), and bice adj. and n. from Urdu has had some currency. The third of the four great Hindu castes, comprising the merchants and agriculturists; a member of this caste. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > other people of low rank or condition > [noun] > member of any low Hindu caste > member of specific low Hindu caste Kunbi1598 pariah1613 Shudra1630 Vaishya1665 chuckler1759 bhangi1823 Kori1839 Mahar1855 sweeper1859 Kola1873 Sansi1882 Panchama1893 untouchable1909 Harijan1931 Scheduled Caste1935 Dalit1948 Scheduled Tribe1957 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 53 The last Sect or Cast of Gentiles are the Wises. 1794 W. Jones tr. Inst. Hindu Law i. §31 [Brahma] caused the Brahmen, the Cshatriya, the Vaisya, and the Súdra..to proceed from his mouth, his arm, his thigh, and his foot. 1798 H. Colebrooke in Asiatick Researches 5 59 Born of a Vaisya woman. 1801 R. Patton Princ. Asiatic Monarchies 123 The functions of the vaisya tribe. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. i. i. 31 The practical knowledge required from a Veisya is more general than that of the other classes. 1920 H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. I. xx. 159/1 The four main castes seem to have been:..The Vaisya—herdsmen, merchants, money lenders, and land-owners. 1956 R. Pieris Sinhalese Social Organization v. i. 170 The existence among the Sinhalese of a system akin to the classical Hindu four-fold scheme—priestly brahmins, kshatriyas or warriors, the pastoral vaisyas, and the lowly sūdras..is attested in the survival in Ceylon of the place-name ‘brahmin village’. 1958 Spectator 17 Jan. 70/3 Brahmins, Kshattriyas, Vaishas and Sudras. 1971 Illustr. Weekly India 11 Apr. 11/1 Rishabhadeva also classified the people according to their occupations, the kshatriyas who were warriors, the vaisyas who were traders, and the sudras who made their living by manual labour. 1971 K. Kent in C. Bonington Annapurna South Face 309 Vaishya, common man or merchant. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1665
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