the four classes
“brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, śūdras”
group · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, śūdras · cāturvarṇya · four social classes · four-class system · subjects of the kingdom
spoken of as
1 expressionCāturvarṇya“the four classes”1 mention
Parāśara Smṛti (Sanskrit)
For the women of the four social classes (*cāturvarṇya* चातुर्वर्ण्य), the *Kṛcchra* (कृच्छ्र) and *Cāndrāyaṇa* (चान्द्रायण) are the vows.
in the texts
Parāśara Smṛti
The fourfold varṇa social order (Brāhmaṇa, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya, Śūdra) named as the framing structure of the whole expiation code.
For the women of the four social classes (*cāturvarṇya* चातुर्वर्ण्य), the *Kṛcchra* (कृच्छ्र) and *Cāndrāyaṇa* (चान्द्रायण) are the vows.
I shall now declare the beneficial expiation for all in the four-class system (*cāturvarṇya* चातुर्वर्ण्य).
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The traditional four social classes of the kingdom, mobilized together for the march to bring Rāma back.
Then, rising up, the kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, śūdras, and brāhmaṇas in every household yoked their camel-drawn carts, donkeys, elephants, and horses of noble breed.
"Bring quickly, without delay, the brāhmaṇas, the kṣatriyas, the warriors, the ministers, and the heads of the guilds — for we have pressing business.
Composed, learned in the Vedas, brāhmaṇas esteemed for their conduct followed Bharata as he marched, in ox-drawn carts by the thousands.