Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1686

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1686

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c8.1686

PAÑCAJANAS. Brahmins, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas and Śūdras are the four castes. Niṣādas form the fifth caste. All these five are collectively called Pañcajanas. (Sūkta 89, Anuvāka 14, Maṇḍala 1, Ṛgveda).

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Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit