Hindu varna system

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Hindu social institution religious social order social stratification system varna

The Hindu varna system is an ancient Indian social hierarchy that classifies society into four broad hereditary classes with distinct religious, social, and occupational roles.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Hindu caste system	1
Hindu varna system canonical	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu social institution ⓘ religious social order ⓘ social stratification system ⓘ varna ⓘ varna ⓘ varna ⓘ varna ⓘ
assignsRoleTo	Brahmins ⓘ surface form: Brahmin Kshatriya ⓘ Shudras ⓘ surface form: Shudra Vaishya varna ⓘ surface form: Vaishya
associatedWithReligion	Hinduism ⓘ
basedOn	division of labor ⓘ hereditary status ⓘ religious duty ⓘ ritual purity ⓘ
criticizedBy	Bhakti movement reformers ⓘ Buddhism ⓘ Jainism ⓘ modern social reformers in India ⓘ
criticizedFor	discrimination ⓘ social inequality ⓘ
describedInText	Dharmashastra literature ⓘ Manusmriti ⓘ Rigveda ⓘ
excludesCategory	Dalit ⓘ
hasConcept	jati ⓘ varna dharma ⓘ
hasFourthVarna	Shudras ⓘ surface form: Shudra
hasIdealPrinciple	division according to qualities and duties ⓘ
hasLanguageOfScripturalSources	Sanskrit ⓘ
hasNumberOfVarnas	4 ⓘ
hasOriginIn	ancient India ⓘ
hasSecondVarna	Kshatriya ⓘ
hasStatusInModernIndia	legally unsupported as basis for discrimination ⓘ
hasThirdVarna	Vaishya varna ⓘ surface form: Vaishya
hasTopVarna	Brahmins ⓘ surface form: Brahmin
historicalPeriodOfFormation	late Vedic period ⓘ
includesVarna	Brahmins ⓘ surface form: Brahmin Kshatriya ⓘ Shudras ⓘ surface form: Shudra Vaishya varna ⓘ surface form: Vaishya
influenced	caste system in India ⓘ
influences	marriage practices in traditional Hindu society ⓘ occupational inheritance in traditional Hindu society ⓘ
linkedConcept	dharma ⓘ karma ⓘ samsara ⓘ
oftenConfusedWith	jati system ⓘ
traditionalPositionInVarnaSystem	outside varna hierarchy ⓘ
traditionalRole	agriculturalists ⓘ laborers ⓘ merchants ⓘ priests ⓘ rulers ⓘ scholars ⓘ servants ⓘ teachers of sacred texts ⓘ traders ⓘ warriors ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brahmins → subdivisionOf → Hindu varna system ⓘ

Daatu → hasCulturalContext → Hindu varna system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hindu caste system