RELIGIONS
CONFUCIANISM
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A form of ancient writing.
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A religious ceremony.
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A group of people in Hindu society.
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A literary text.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The caste system divides Hindus into four main categories-Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and the Shudras. Many believe that the groups originated from Brahma, the Hindu God of creation.
Detailed explanation-2: -caste, any of the ranked, hereditary, endogamous social groups, often linked with occupation, that together constitute traditional societies in South Asia, particularly among Hindus in India.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was, however, the Portuguese who first employed casta in the primary modern sense of the English word ‘caste’ when they applied it to the thousands of endogamous, hereditary Indian social groups they encountered upon their arrival in India in 1498.
Detailed explanation-4: -The four classes were the Brahmins (priestly people), the Kshatriyas (rulers, administrators and warriors; also called Rajanyas), the Vaishyas (artisans, merchants, tradesmen and farmers), and Shudras (labouring classes).
Detailed explanation-5: -[count] : one of the classes into which the Hindu people of India were traditionally divided. 2. : a division of society based upon differences of wealth, rank, or occupation. [count] He was from a higher caste.