(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:13:37

Vais"ya (?), n. [Skr. vai&cced;ya.]

The third of the four great original castes among the Hindoos, now either extinct or partially represented by the mercantile class of Banyas. See the Note under Caste, 1.

 

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