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Yojana magazine
Yojana magazine published this article page no 25 caste is an institution uniquely associated with the indian sub-continent. while social arrangements producing similar effects have existed in other parts of the world the exact form has not been found elsewhere. although it is an institution characteristic of hindu society caste has spread to the major non-hindu communities of the indian sub-continent. this is specially true of muslims christians and sikhs....
Jagran sakhi magazine
Jagran sakhi magazine published this article page no 26 the word refers to a broad institutional arrangement that in indian languages beginning with the ancient sanskrit is referred to by two distinct terms varna and jati. varna literally colour is the name given to a four-fold division of society into brahmana kshatriya vaishya and shudra though this excludes a significant section of the population composed of the outcastes foreigners slaves conquered peoples and others sometimes refered to as...
Jagran sakhi magazine
Jagran sakhi magazine published this article page no 27 jati is the word most commonly used to refer to the institution of caste in indian languages though it is interesting to note that increasingly indian language speakers are beginning to use the english word caste. the precise relationship between varna and jati has been the subject of much speculation and debate among scholars. the most common interpretation is to treat varna as a broad all-india aggregative classification while jati is ta...
Jagran sakhi magazine
Jagran sakhi magazine published this article page no 28 this means that while the four varna classification is common to all of india the jati hierarchy has more local classifications that vary from region to region. opinions also differ on the exact age of the caste system. it is generally agreed though that the four varna classification is roughly three thousand years old. however the caste system stood for different things in different time periods so that it is misleading to think of the sa...
Jagran sakhi magazine
Jagran sakhi magazine published this article page no 29 it is only in the postvedic period that caste became the rigid institution that is familiar to us from well known definitions. the most commonly cited defining features of caste are the following 1. caste is determined by birth – a child is born into the caste of its parents. caste is never a matter of choice. one can never change ones caste leave it or choose not to join it although there are instances where a person may be expelled...