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	Vaisya
		Their way of life demands study, sacrifice, and the giving of alms.
		The vaisyas share with the two higher classes, the brahmana and the ksatriya, the distinction of being dvija, or "twice-born," achieving their spiritual rebirth when they assume the sacred wool thread at the upanayana ceremony.
		"The occupational duties of the vaisya are conceived in four divisions: farming, commerce, cow protection and moneylending.
	www.veda.harekrsna.cz /encyclopedia/vaisya.htm (231 words)

	vaisya.net - the dharma of business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The vaisya varna or caste is the third of the four social strata of vedic society.
		Vaisyas are likened to the belly of society and farming, cow protection and business are the natural work or dharma for the vaisyas.
		The brahmanas were born from the mouth of Brahma, the ksatriyas from his arms, the vaisyas were born from his navel, and the sudras were born from his legs.
	www.vaisya.net (768 words)

	Mahuri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mahuri Vaisya folks are reported to have migrated from the city of Mathura and surrounding rural locations to the then suba of Bengal under the Mughal empire.
		As a faithful community, the Mahuri Vaisya folks still continue to worship Mata Mathurashani Devi, an incarnation of Shakti, as their family deity.
		Now, Mahuri Vaisya families may be found, albeit in a very small number, in almost all the time zones across the globe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mahuri (821 words)

	Vaisya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Vaisya is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		Vaisya (Sanskrit) A man who settles on the soil; also a peasant or working man. The third of the four castes into which Hindu society was divided in Vedic and post-Vedic periods.
		Vaisya - the third of the four varnas or castes in the varnasrama system; agriculturalists and businessmen.
	www.experiencefestival.com /vaisya (743 words)

	Vaisya Caste (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Vaisya Caste is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		The four castes are Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaisya and Sudra.
		Originally the system of the four hereditary classes into which the Indian population was divided: Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra (or descendants of Brahma, Warriors, Merchants, and the lowest or Agriculturalists).
	www.experiencefestival.com /vaisya_caste (819 words)

	SB7.11 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Vaisyas should cultivate the land, produce food grains and protect the cows, whereas the sudras, who by quality never become brahmanas, ksatriyas or vaisyas, should serve the three higher classes and be satisfied.
		In the institution of varnasrama-dharma, the symptoms of a brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra, brahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha, and sannyasi are all described.
		Offering obeisances to the higher sections of society [the brahmanas, ksatriyas and vaisyas], being always very clean, being free from duplicity, serving one's master, performing sacrifices without uttering mantras, not stealing, always speaking the truth and giving all protection to the cows and brahmanas--these are the symptoms of the sudra.
	www.hare-krishna.org /printthread.php?Board=HareKrishnaNews&main=2358&type=post (5935 words)

	NAGARATHAR HISTORY
		Oppressed by a certain ruler, the Vaisyas of lunar race living in the town of Santhyapuri emigrated in a body to Kancheepuram in the Tondamandalam country in the year 204 kaliyuga.
		But the Vaisyas pointed out they are not agreeable for the community to be separated as they would like to stay united wherever they are.
		As promised the Pandiya king allotted the new Vaisya immigrants some well-defined territory in his country, west of the sea, north of the river Vaigai, east of the mountain Piran – Malai and south of the river Vellaru.
	members.tripod.com /Nagarathar/nagarathar_history.htm (730 words)

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		It is compulsory that in the development of a varnasrama society that the vaisya sector be given early consideration.
		A thriving vaisya community is essential to the proper functioning of a varnasrama society.
		As the vaisya seed germinates and fructifies, the necessary employment for sudras, taxation resources to fund social projects administered by the ksatiryas and funds to build temples and support brahmanas becomes available, providing necessary resources for full varnasrama development.
	www.chakra.org /discussions/VarnDec22_02.html (3083 words)

	Vaisya -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		also spelled Vaishya, Sanskrit Vaisya, third highest in ritual status of the four varnas, or social classes, of Hindu India, traditionally described as commoners.
		Legend states that the varnas (or colours) sprang from Prajapati, a creator god—in order of status, the Brahman (white) from his head, the Kshatriya (red) from his arms, the Vaisya (yellow) from his thighs, and the Sudra (fl) from his feet.
		In its first application it probably included all conquered peoples of the Indus civilization as they were assimilated as menials to the three-class society of the Brahmans (priests and...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9074644 (436 words)

	Universal Well-being from the Chapter "Varna Dharma For Universal Well-Being", in Hindu Dharma : kamakoti.org:
		The Vaisya ploughs the field and grows crops for the benefit of the entire community.
		Trading is the dharma of Vaisyas and it is an offence on their part not to practise it.
		Vaisyas must conduct their business in the belief that their vocation is one that is ordained by the Lord and that is for the good for the entire community.
	www.kamakoti.org /hindudharma/part20/chap11.htm (431 words)

	XXII. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		If a Kshatriya or a Vaisya (have eaten the food) of a Brâhmana or a Kshatriya respectively, who were impure, they must approach a river and mutter the Gâyatrî five hundred times.
		A Vaisya, who has eaten the food of a Brâhmana, while the latter was impure, must (go to a river and) mutter the Gâyatrî one hundred and eight times.
		A Kshatriya (to whom Sapindas of the) Vaisya or Sûdra castes (have been born or have died) is purified within six and three nights, respectively.
	www.allstarz.org /religioustext/hin/sbe07/sbe07024.htm (2606 words)

	Mailer India, The Best Entertainer in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		From a Vaisya are born in the inverse order of the castes a Magadha and a Vaideha, but from a Kshatriya a Suta only; these are three other base-born ones (apasada).
		By adultery (committed by persons) of (different) castes, by marriages with women who ought not to be married, and by the neglect of the duties and occupations (prescribed) to each, are produced (sons who owe their origin) to a confusion the castes.
		A Vaisya who is unable to subsist by his own duties, may even maintain himself by a Sudra’s mode of life, avoiding (however) acts forbidden (to him), and he should give it up, when he is able (to do so).
	mailerindia.com /hindu/manu/ch10.php (4183 words)

	vishnumandir.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Vaisya, the child of Vaisya or the child promising to be Vaisya, should be invested with the Sacred Thread in the twelfth year from the date of his birth or from the date of conception.
		Positively the children of Brahmana, Kshatriya and Vaisya should respectively be invested with the Sacred Thread before the years 16th, 22nd and 24th of their age.
		The child of Kshatriya in the summer season and the child of Vaisya in autumn be respectively be invested with Sacred Thread.
	www.vishnumandir.com /htm/sams10a.htm (2392 words)

	The Laws of Manu translated by George Buhler, Chapter 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The girdle of a Brahmana shall consist of a of a triple cord of Munga grass, smooth and soft; (that) of a Kshatriya, of a bowstring, made of Murva fibres; (that) of a Vaisya, of hempen threads.
		A Brahmana is purified by water that reaches his heart, a Kshatriya by water reaching his throat, a Vaisya by water taken into his mouth, (and) a Sudra by water touched with the extremity (of his lips).
		The Brahmana, the Kshatriya, and the Vaisya who neglect (the recitation of) that Rik-verse and the timely (performance of the) rites (prescribed for) them, will be blamed among virtuous men.
	www.hinduwebsite.com /sacredscripts/laws_of_manu_2.htm (7791 words)

	The Laws of Manu X (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		From a Brahmana a with the daughter of a Vaisya is born (a son) called an Ambashtha, with the daughter of a sudra a Nishada, who is also called Parasava.
		From a Kshatriya by the daughter of a Brahmana is born (a son called) according to his caste (gati) a Suta; from a Vaisya by females of the royal and the Brahmana (castes) spring a Magadha and a Vaideha.
		To carry arms for striking and for throwing (is prescribed) for Kshatriyas as a means of subsistence; to trade, (to rear) cattle, and agriculture for Vaisyas; but their duties are liberality, the study of the Veda, and the performance of sacrifices.
	www.allstarz.org /religioustext/hin/manu/manu10.htm (4023 words)

	Hinduism and adultery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		If a Vaisya approaches a guarded female of the Kshatriya caste, or a Kshatriya a (guarded) Vaisya woman, they both deserve the same punishment as in the case of an unguarded Brahmana female.
		For (intercourse with) an unguarded Kshatriya a fine of five hundred (panas shall fall) on a Vaisya; but (for the same offence) a Kshatriya shall be shaved with the urine (of a donkey) or (pay) the same fine.
		A Brahmana who approaches unguarded females (of the) Kshatriya or Vaisya (castes), or a Sudra female, shall be fined five hundred (panas); but (for intercourse with) a female (of the) lowest (castes), one thousand.
	www.hinduwebsite.com /hinduism/h_extramarital.htm (1577 words)

	Laws of Manu - Manu Samhita, "The Oxford Text" - The Gold Scales
		It is declared that a Sudra woman alone (can be) the wife of a Sudra, she and one of his own caste (the wives) of a Vaisya, those two and one of his own caste (the wives) of a Kshatriya, those three and one of his own caste (the wives) of a Brahmana.
		The sages state that the first four are approved (in the case) of a Brahmana, one, the Rakshasa (rite in the case) of a Kshatriya, and the Asura (marriage in that) of a Vaisya and of a Sudra.
		Even a Vaisya and a Sudra who have approached his house in the manner of guests, he may allow to eat with his servants, showing (thereby) his compassionate disposition.
	oaks.nvg.org /pv6bk4.html (20140 words)

	The Mahabharata, Book 13: Anusasana Parva: Section CXXXV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Brahmanas and Kshatriyas can partake of food given by such Vaisyas as tend the sacred fire every day, as are faultless in character, and as perform the vow of Chaturmasya.
		A Brahmana, a Kshatriya, or a Vaisya, so engaging, is doomed, although devoted to the due performance of religious rites.
		It is said that a Brahmana's duty consists in studying the Vedas and seeking the welfare of the human race; that a Kshatriya's duty consists in protecting men, and that a Vaisya's in promoting their material prosperity.
	www.sacred-texts.com /hin/m13/m13b100.htm (708 words)

	The Diya - Duel of Honor
		Usually diyas are claimed against one another by members of the same caste, although it is not unheard of for a vaisya to challenge a kshatri to a duel.
		Shudra are almost never allowed to challenge a higher caste to a diya, and few of the higher castes would do more than laugh at any shudra who dared to call them to a duel.
		However, if a vaisya chooses to challenge a kshatri, the vaisya is banned from any edged weapon larger than a keris, and therefore is often at a disadvantage -- but staves, clubs, and other similar "non-weapons" are allowed for the vaisya in a diya.
	aether.mux.net /Varati/diya.html (1396 words)

	Manu
		After a vaisya has received the sacraments and has taken a wife, he shall be always attentive to the business whereby he may subsist and to that of tending cattle.
		A vaisya must never conceive this wish, "I will not keep cattle"; and if a vaisya is willing to keep them, they must never be kept by men of other castes.
		A vaisya must know the respective value of gems, or pearls, of coral, of metals, of cloth made of thread, of perfumes, and of condiments.
	history.hanover.edu /courses/excerpts/261manu.html (1270 words)

	The Mahabharata, Book 13: Anusasana Parva: Section XLVII
		One born of a Kshatriya wife or of a Vaisya wife, by a Brahmana husband, is similarly invested with the status of a Brahmana.
		Similarly, the Vaisya cannot be regarded as the equal of the Kshatriya in point of birth.
		I shall now speak of the sons of a Vaisya by a wife of his own order and by one belonging to the inferior order, as also of the manner in which, O king his wealth is to be distributed among those children.
	jerrygallery.net /kryszna_art/mahabharata/m13/m13b012.htm (2569 words)

	manucode
		But for the sake of the prosperity of the worlds he caused the Brahmin, the Kshatriya, the Vaisya and the Shudra to proceed from his mouth, his arms, his thighs and his feet.
		Knowledge is the austerity of the Brahmin, protecting is the austerity of the Kshatriya, his daily business is the austerity of the Vaisya, and service [of the 'upper' castes] the austerity of a Shudra.
		A Kshatriya, having defamed a Brahmin, shall be fined one hundred [panas]; a Vaisya one hundred and fifty or two hundred; a Shudra shall suffer corporal punishment.
	www.geocities.com /pakdalits/manucode.html (1708 words)

	The Mahabharata, Book 13: Anusasana Parva: Section XLVIII
		Those sons, however, that are begotten by him on the two spouses that belong to the next two orders (viz., Vaisya and Sudra), are inferior, their status being determined not by that of their father but by that of their mothers.
		The son that is begotten by a Brahmana upon a Sudra wife is called Parasara, implying one born of a corpse, for the Sudra woman's body is as inauspicious as a corpse.
		The son begotten by a Vaisya upon a woman of the Brahmana order comes to be regarded as a Vaidehaka.
	jerrygallery.net /kryszna_art/mahabharata/m13/m13b013.htm (1997 words)

	Krishna Consciousness: A Wholesale, Thorough Overhaul of Human Society
		If you cut the head of a man, then, in spite of possessing the arms, belly and legs, he is dead man. But if you cut the hand or the leg, he can live, and the brain can work.
		Similarly, when the society is divided nicely in these four divisions, the brahminical culture, the ksatriya culture, the vaisya culture, and the sudra culture...
		The vaisyas must be engaged in producing foodgrains, but they are not interested.
	society.krishna.org /Articles/2004/06/006.html (3058 words)

	Vaisya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Traditionally the Vaisyas were traders and businessmen, or peasant farmers.
		They were expected to be specialists in their branch or trade, whether jewelry and precious metals, spices, cloth, furnishings, or, indeed, any kind of merchandise.
		Vaisyas were often vegetarian, and zealous in religious observance, they have a particular devotion to
	www.themystica.com /mystica/articles/v/vaisya.html (86 words)

	Bg 1:40
		They are considered, women, vaisya, the mercantile community, and sudra, and the worker class, they are less intelligent.
		You cannot specify whether he's a brahmana or a ksatriya and vaisya and sudra.
		Initiation is meant for the persons who are born in brahmana family, ksatriya family, or vaisya family.
	www.acbspn.com /bg/730728BG_LON.htm (2904 words)

	Dealing with Hindu Heretics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		"If someone born in a Ksatriya, Vaisya, or Sudra womb should be unable to pay his fine, he may absolve himself of the debt by labour; a Brahmin should pay little by little.
		A Brahmin should out of mercy support both a Ksatriya and a Vaisya if they are starved for a livelihood, and have them carry out their own innate activities.
		According to the timeless Visnusmrti, only the twice-born caste wives (Brahmin wives, Ksatriya wives and Vaisya wives) of a twice-born man, but not the Sudra wife, are allowed to serve the guests during the sacrifice.
	www.themodernreligion.com /comparative/hindu/hindu_heretics3.html (2119 words)

	Caste System
		He who takes pleasure in eating every kind of food, who is engaged in doing every kind of work, who is impure in behaviour, who does not study the Vedas, and whose conduct is unclean, is said to be a Sudra.
		Because purificatory ceremonies are mentioned (in the case of the twice born) and their absence are declared (in the case of the Sudras).
		A VAISYA should study and diligently earn and accumulate wealth by means of commerce, agriculture, and the tending of cattle.
	www.hinduism.co.za /newpage8.htm (6559 words)

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