varna

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From Sanskrit वर्ण (várṇa), colour, tint, dye, pigment, appearance, aspect), from verbal root √vṛ (to choose, select).

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Singular
varna

Plural
varnas

varna (plural varnas)

  1. (Hinduism) any of the four original castes in Hinduism, or the system of such castes

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  • Credo, Quia Occidentale
  • Welzer, Albrecht. 1994. Credo, Quia Occidentale: A Note on Sanskrit varna and its Misinterpretation in Literature on Mamamsa and Vyakarana. In: Studies in Mamamsa: Dr Mandan Mishra Felicitation Volume edited by R.C. Dwivedi. Delhi: Motilal Banarasidass.

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varna f.

  1. crow

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Conjugations of varna
Infinitive varna
Present tense varnar
Past tense varnade
Supine varnat
Imperative varna
Present participle varnande,
varnandes
Past participle varnad

varna

  1. to warn; to issue a warning
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