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shudra (śūdra)

(Language: Sanskrit)

Alternate Spellings: sudra

Short Description: A member of the lowest of the four Hindu castes

Long Description: A member of the lowest of the four Hindu castes; an unskilled laborer or serf.

Sources: The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, by Frithjof Schuon, edited by Dr. James S. Cutsinger