what are the suggested by the dharmasutras and dharmashastra for the four varnas
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The Dharmasutras and Dharmashastras contained rules about the ideal ‘occupations’ of the four categories or varnas.
(i) Brahmanas were supposed to study and teach the Vedas, perform sacrifices and get sacrifices performed, give and receive gifts.
(ii) Kshatriyas were to engage in warfare, protect people and administer justice and study the Vedas.
(iii)The last three ‘occupations’ were also assigned to the Vaishyas, who were additionally expected to engage in agriculture, pastoralism and trade.
(iv)Shudras were assigned only on occupation that of serving the three ‘higher’ varnas.
(v)The Brahmanas evolved two strategies for enforcing social norms of Varna. One, as we have just seen, was to assert that the varna order was created by the gods. Second, they advised kings to ensure that these norms were followed within their kingdoms. And third, they attempted to convince people that their status was determined by the social category into which they were born. However, convincing men and women was not always easy. So prescriptions were often reinforced by stories told in the Mahabharata and other texts
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Varṇa (Sanskrit: वर्ण, romanized: varṇa), a Sanskrit word with several meanings including type, order, colour or class,[1][2] was used to refer to social classes in Hindu texts like the Manusmriti.[1][3][4] These and other Hindu texts classified the society in principle into four varnas:[1][5]
Brahmins: priests, scholars and teachers.
Kshatriyas: rulers, warriors and administrators.
Vaishyas: agriculturalists and merchants.[6]
Shudras: laborers and service providers.
Communities which belong to one of the four varnas or classes are called savarna or "caste Hindus". The Dalits and scheduled tribes who do not belong to any varna, are called avarna.[7][8]
This quadruple division is a form of social stratification, quite different from the more nuanced system Jātis which correspond to the European term "caste".[9]
The varna system is discussed in Hindu texts, and understood as idealised human callings.[10][11] The concept is generally traced to the Purusha Sukta verse of the Rig Veda.
The commentary on the Varna system in the Manusmriti is oft-cited.[12] Counter to these textual classifications, many Hindu texts and doctrines question and disagree with the Varna system of social classification.[13]
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