Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.191
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³ Catvāro varṇāḥ, ‘four castes,’ Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, v. 5, 4, 9; vi. 4, 4, 13; śaudra varṇa, ‘Śūdra caste,’ ibid., vi. 4, 4, 9; Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad, i. 2, 25; Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, viii. 4. Cf. also ārya varṇa opposed to Śūdra, Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, xxxiv. 5; Pañcaviṃśa Brāhmaṇa, v. 5, 17, and see Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, i. 2, 6, 7. Varṇa appears in this sense sometimes in Pāli. See Fick, Die sociale Gliederung, 22, n. 4; Rhys Davids, Buddhist India, 53.