Varna and Ashrama Dharma - an Overview

Varna

Varna is a fundamental concept underlying the Hindu society. In fact, it is not a social arrangement or segregation; it is rather a statement of how any society is arranged. It does not say society should be classified into classes, it says what classes or kinds of people exist in any society.

There are four varnas, based on the functions people perform in any society.

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