vaíśya m. (fr. 2. viś) ‘a man who settles on the soil’, a peasant, or ‘working man’, agriculturist, man of the third class or caste (whose business was trade as well as agriculture), [RV.] &c. &c.
pl. N. of a people, [VarBṛS.]
vaíśya n. vassalage, dependance, [TS.]
vaíśya mfn. belonging to a man of the third caste, [MBh.]