[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s7.191 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.191 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s7.191 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s7.191](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.191) 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. - [Previous: v2.c4.s7.190](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.190) - [Next: v2.c4.s7.192](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.192) - [Up: v2.c4.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.191](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s7.191) · Pramāṇa