[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897) › c8.65 # The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.65 The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.65 - **Language:** English ### [c8.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.65) ⁴ The word jâti, i.e., “birth” is also in Sanskr. the term for the concept “Caste.” By the side of \*jâti\*, there occurs in the Pali texts in the sense of “caste,” though much more rarely, the word vaṇṇa (= Skr. varṇa) and kula. Cf. Vinaya Piṭaka, ed. by Oldenberg Vol. 2 p. 239, cattâro’ me vaṇṇâ khattiyâ brâhmaṇâ vessâ suddâ-Vol. 3. p. 184 sq. cattâri kulâni, khattiyakulam brâhmaṇakulam, vessakulam suddakulam. The use of kula which as a rule denotes family in the sense of “caste” shows how much the two concepts overlap each other in the consciousness of the Indians and how closely allied they are. - [Previous: c8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.64) - [Next: c8.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.66) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mahāvibhaṅga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.suttavibhanga.maha.ss.13.1.8.1) — Pāli - [Cullavagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.cullavagga.9.1.4.11) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.fick-1897.c8.65) · Pramāṇa