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śūdra

śūdrá m. (of doubtful derivation) a Śūdra, a man of the fourth or lowest of the four original classes or castes (whose only business, accord. to [Mn. i, 91], was to serve the three higher classes; in [RV. ix, 20, 12], the Śūdra is said to have been born from the feet of Puruṣa, q.v.; in [Mn. i, 87] he is fabled to have sprung from the same part of the body of Brahmā, and he is regarded as of higher rank than the present low and mixed castes so numerous throughout India; kevala-ś°, a pure Ś°), [RV.] &c. &c. ([IW. 212] &c.)

a man of mixed origin, [L.]

N. of a Brāhman, [Buddh.]

pl. N. of a people, [MBh.]; [Pur.]

śūdrá (ā and ī), f., see below.