Vessa

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

Vaiśya; Angehöriger der dritten sozialen Hauptgruppe (Kaste der Bauern, Handwerker und Händler)
member of the third social caste; merchant and agricultural class

Ud 5.5
evam'eva kho, bhikkhave, cattāro vaṇṇā, khattiyā, brāhmaṇā, vessā, suddā te tathāgatappavedite dhammavinaye agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajitvā jahanti purimāni nāmagottāni, samaṇā sakyaputtiyā tv'eva saṅkhaṃ gacchanti

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