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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 the panchamas or fifth category. jati is a generic term referring to species or kinds of anything ranging from inanimate objects to plants animals and human beings jagran sakhi magazine subscription.