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Vessa
a Vaiśya, i.e. a member of the third social (i.e. lower) grade (see vaṇṇa 6), a man of the people DN.iii.81 , DN.iii.95 (origin) SN.i.102 , SN.i.166 ; SN.iv.219 ; SN.v.51 ; AN.i.162 ; AN.ii.194 ; AN.iii.214 , AN.iii.242 Vb.394 ; DN-a.i.254 (origin) ■ f. vesī (q.v.); vessī (as a member of that caste)
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a Vaiśya, i.e. a member of the third social (i.e. lower) grade (see vaṇṇa 6), a man of the people DN.iii.81, DN.iii.95 (origin) SN.i.102, SN.i.166; SN.iv.219; SN.v.51; AN.i.162; AN.ii.194; AN.iii.214, AN.iii.242 Vb.394; DN-a.i.254 (origin)
■ f. vesī (q.v.); vessī (as a member of that caste) DN.i.193; AN.iii.226, AN.iii.229.
cp. Vedic vaiśya, a dial. (local) word
6 of 7 attestations shown.
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