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- Śūdra (शूद्र) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. II.47.7, II.48.32, VI.10.46, VI.10.65, VIII.30.53) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places.
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Shudra, fourth and lowest of the traditional varnas, or social classes, of India, traditionally artisans and laborers. Unlike members of the other varnas, Shudras are not permitted to perform the upanayana, the initiatory rite into the study of the Vedas.
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Shudra or Shoodra [1] (Sanskrit: Śūdra [2]) is one of the four varnas of the Hindu caste and social system in ancient India. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Some sources translate it into English as a caste , [ 4 ] or as a social class.
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Natyashastra
Śūdra (शूद्र).—The Śūdras should always be represented by a deep blue (śyāma) color when painting the limbs (aṅgaracanā), according to Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 23. The painting is a component of nepathya (costumes and make-up) and is to be done in accordance with the science of āhāryābhinaya(extraneous representation). One of the Hands denoting the Four Castes.—Śūdra: left hand–Śikhara, right hand–Sūci.
Vaishnavism
Śūdra (शूद्र).—A member of the fourth social order, laborer class, in the traditional Vedic social system. He is meant to render service to the three higher classes, namely the brāhmaṇas, the kṣatriyas, and the vaiśyas. Śūdra (शूद्र).—Those who are not sufficiently intelligent to be brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas or vaiśyas are required to serve a master and are called śūdras. The divisions of brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra are natural divisions within society. Indeed, everyone has a prescribed d...
Purana and Itihasa
Śūdra (शूद्र).—See under Cāturvarṇyam. Śūdra (शूद्र) is the name of a caste (varṇa) mentioned in the Nīlamatapurāṇa.—The Śūdras were to serve the twice-born varṇas. As regards their position in the society, those who served in the houses of the higher varṇas, received sympathetic treatment from their masters. 1a) Śūdra (शूद्र).—The members of the fourth Varṇa;1 their duty was service;2 not fit for the study of the Vedas;3 invited for the Rājasūya of Yudhiṣṭira;4 kings of Kali age, especially...
Tibetan Buddhism
Śūdra (शूद्र) is the name of a Vīra (hero) who, together with the Ḍākinī named Śūdrī forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the Guṇacakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Accordingly, the guṇacakra refers to one of the four divisions of the sahaja-puṭa (‘innate layer’), situated within the padma (lotus) in the middle of the Herukamaṇḍala. The 36 pairs of Ḍākinīs and Vīras [viz., Śūdra] are whitish red in color; they each have one face and four arms; they hold a skull bowl,...
Sudra refers to “A person of lowest caste”.—It is defined in the glossary attached to the study dealing with Gujarat Folk tales composed by Gujarati poet Jhaverchand Meghani (1896-1947)
Marathi-English dictionary
śūdra (शूद्र).—m (S) The Shudra or fourth grand division of the Hindu body: also an individual of it. They are fabled to have sprung from the feet of Brahma, and they constitute the servile classes. 2 This word is prefixed to certain words signifying things of which there are varieties, in order to designate the black, dark, or dusky variety; as, prefixed to hirā it expresses Dusky or dim or colored diamond; to bhāṅga, sabajī, pimpaḷa &c. it expresses Bhang &c. of the darkest hue. See for thi...
Sanskrit dictionary
Śūdra (शूद्र).—[śuc-rak pṛṣo° casya daḥ dīrghaḥ Uṇādi-sūtra 2.19] A man of the fourth or the last of the four principal tribes of the Hindus; he is said to have been born from the feet of Puruṣa; पद्भ्यां शूद्रो अजायत (padbhyāṃ śūdro ajāyata) Ṛv.1.9.12; or of Brahman; Manusmṛti 1.87; and his principal business was to serve the three higher castes; एकमेव तु शूद्रस्य प्रभुः कर्म समादिशत् । एतेषामेव वर्णानां शुश्रुषामनसूयया (ekameva tu śūdrasya prabhuḥ karma samādiśat | eteṣāmeva varṇānāṃ śuśruṣ...
Hindi dictionary
Śudra (शुद्र):—(nm) a member of the fourth of the four original classes or castes in the traditional hierarchical set-up of the Hindu society; hence ~[drā, ~drāṇī] (nf).
The term Shudra, according to Tibetan Buddhism and various Hindu traditions, refers to the lowest caste in the traditional Indian social hierarchy. Shudras are often associated with labor and service roles, tasked with supporting the higher castes: Brahmana, Kshatriya, and Vaisya.
May 21, 2018 · The Sudras are the lowest-ranking of the four varnas into which Indian society was traditionally divided; but they are definitely higher in rank than the Untouchables or Panchamas, a category so demeaned in status that it is not even referred to in the classical varna model.
OED's earliest evidence for Shudra is from 1630, in the writing of Henry Lord, clergyman and ethnographer. Shudra is a borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymons: Sanskrit śūdra .
In the Indo-Aryans the word Shudra was proper name of one single people. It was the name of a people who belonged to a particular race. The word Shudra, as used in the Hindu society, is not a proper name at all. It is an epithet for a low uncultured class of people.
