Duryodhana and others, and another, named Yuyutsu, who was born of a vaisya woman.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference

The warrior ksatriya class was de­voted to government and defense; the vaisya were farmers and stockbreeders who kept the economy afloat; and the sudras were slaves or outcastes who were unable to assimilate into the Aryan system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Buddha]

These texts include the first religious justifications for a hierarchical structuring of society, asserting the Vedic division of Aryan society into three honorable classes: priests (brahman), noble warriors (kshatriya), and commonalty (vaisya), including both farmers and artisans.    From Wordnik.com.  [C. Early Civilizations and Classical Empires of South and East Asia] Reference

But what is even more curious is that they also capitalized the expressions for the three other castes, viz. kshatriya ` martial class, 'vaisya ` farmers and merchants,' and sudra ` menials. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 4] Reference

Krsi-go-raksya-vanijyam vaisya-karma svabhava.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Sizzling summer root crops that can take the heat.] Reference