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(Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis)

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  1. n. (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis)
  2. n. a port city in northeastern Bulgaria on the Black Sea n. (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis)