what is the definition of varna
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Varṇa, a Sanskrit word with several meanings including type, order, colour, or class, was used to refer to social classes in Hindu texts like the Manusmriti. These and other Hindu texts classified the society in principle into four varnas: Brahmins: priests, scholars and teachers.
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The word Varna means "color, tint, dye or pigment" in the Mahabharata. Varna contextually means "colour, race, tribe, species, kind, sort, nature, character, quality, property" of an object or people in some Vedic and medieval texts. it is also refers to four social classes in the Manusmriti.
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