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What is caste ?

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What is caste ?
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Gaurav Seth 4 years, 3 months ago

Caste
The term is derived from the Portuguese word ‘casta’ which means pure breed. In other words it also means a group/community of people. 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.

  Caste   Varna
(1) Closed system (1) Open system
(2) Post vedic period (2) Vedic Period
(3) 3000 castes and sub castes (3) Four Varnas
(4) No social mobility (4) Social mobility present
(5) Very rigid (5) Not rigid
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