Bhootha culture is essentially a shudra peasant tradition with little room in it for brahmins. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
Unto the vaishya he gave skill, and unto the shudra he gave the duty of serving the three other classes. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
A vaishya without skill is worthy of dispraise, as also a shudra who is bereft of humility (to the other orders). From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Before the Bayars of Barkur came to Durga, Sugethi and Nuji, these forests were peopled by Male Kudiya adivasis and Billava shudra families. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
That is, evolving from a puny being or kshudra/shudra to a purna or integral state of brahmana who encompasses the whole brahmanda or cosmos in his consciousness. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
More than fifty adivasi families, and close to a hundred Billava families and other shudra caste families come with sacrificial chicken to the annual fair at Durga. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
But goddess Durga did not bless Keshava Bayar well, or else the malevolent Bhootas of adivasi and shudra lineage that live in her backyard had neutralised her spell. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
Some brahmins are so disturbed by the malevolence of the adivasi-shudra spirits that they succumb to their power and even sponsor plebeians to sacrifice chicken to appease the devils in their name. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
He is to be as vast and sincere as true brahmin in his aspiration towards Knowledge, as strong and courageous as kshatriya in his power and leadership, as generous and productive as vaishya in his dealing with life matters and wealth, as laborious and helpful as shudra in his service and help to others. From Wordnik.com. [Every individual is to develop within himself all the qualities and faculties of four varnas] Reference
He alongwith his wife Savitribai started the first school for shudra-atishudra girls in 1848. From Wordnik.com. [Kafila] Reference
Born into a caste-divided community, she triumphed over her social status as a hereditary member of the shudra Gangamat, or boatman caste. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Kshatriya Varna was recruited from a wide var. of caste, (medieval Pala dynasty of Bengal: shudra & patidars of Gujarat peasant) Sanskritization Open agrarian system (spatial mobility). From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
In these temples the entry of shudra-atishudra was prohibited quite unlike the mosques, churches. gurudwaras or monasteries which were more or less open to general masses and they could pray there collectively without a thought of high and low pervading caste society. From Wordnik.com. [Countercurrents.org] Reference
In case Manu had divided the society only in four vernas i. e Brahmin, khashatriya, vesahya and shudra, then from where today we have so many castes listed in the schedules prepared for helping the weaker sections with support of reservations in services and educations. From Wordnik.com. [American Chronicle] Reference
How did the shudra holding system operate ?. From Wordnik.com. [Making History -Volume I - Karnataka's People and their Past , Stone age to Mercantilism -] Reference
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