3. • Varna: caste
• Ashrama: station of life
• Dharma: Justice or duty
• Varna dharma or caste duty
• There is a dharma appropriate to each class
• hierarchy of classes each with its separate duties
4. • According to western view, the dasyas who are regarded
as the original inhabitants of India and said to be the
ancestors of the surdras, were foiled and subjected by
Vedic gods.
• Colour difference between Aryans and dasyas
• Aryasns and dasyas were rivals
• There is also no reference to the separation of society by
varna
• Exclusion of sudras from the religious rites
(might be due to original antipathy or voluntary exclusion)
10. Brahmnical view:
Purushasukta, a late hymn which is not considered as valid
for the bulk of the Rig Veda.
The Brahma created a four folders of society
Manu states the purpose of the creator thus for the sake of
the preserving the universe (Brahma, the creator)
devoted separate duties to those who created
respectively from his body.
Since Brahamana originated from the most excellent part,
since he was the first born and since he possesses the
Veda he is by right the chief of the w hole creation
11. According to Gita (Lord Krishna)
• the four fold order was created on the basis of quality
(guna) and action (karma)
• the statement clearly rejecting the divine origin of the
castes based on the birth and dines most categorically
the Brahmins claim of inherent superiority.
• It only proves the functional differentiation based on
quality and action (guna and karma)
• The Chandogya Upanishad says that a person’s birth in
particular form as Brahamana or sudra depends on his
karma in the past birth.
12. • The four varnars were born from different part of the
same purusha indicates that inter dependence of varnas
• Brahamana: for direction and control
• Khatriyas: strength
• Vishya and sudras: bear the weight of the entire frame
and economic support of the society.
