Sentence examples for caste I from inspiring English sources

In post-Vedic (the period after the formulation of the Hindu sacred scriptures, the Veda) India, belief in the transmigration of souls became a characteristic doctrine in Hinduism, and the priestly caste (i.e., the Brahmiṇs) reached their zenith as the sole immolators of the sacrificial offerings; but sacramentalism was not a feature in the Brāhmaṇas, the ritual texts complied by the Brahmiṇs.

Earlier research discovered high levels of heritable variation within a population of the ant Temnothorax curvispinosus for direct effects, worker effects, and queen effects on female mass and reproductive caste (i.e. worker vs. queen development).

The mothers' level of education showed a linear trend in terms of caste (i.e., more education among higher-ranked caste, p < 0.001).

But in discussing my own experience of caste, I am leaving out a vast majority – more than 60% of India's population is in rural areas, where the caste system is much stronger.

Over the last five years, I've been asked: "What's your caste?" (I haven't broken any bones); "Do you go to temple?" (only on my way to Embankment); and "Do you need special food?" (as though the answer's going to be: "Yes, St Peter isn't going to let me in if I've munched on a bit of dead pig/cow/giraffe").

SURENDRA GUPTA, VAISYA CASTE I am a businessman, and my first priority is there.

As habitations in villages are clustered according to caste, and the hamlet of the lower castes (i.e. scheduled castes) is situated at some distance, defecation sites also differ.

The original CMH is present at moderate frequencies (5 8%) in the other Jewish castes (i.e., Levites and Israelites), among non-Jewish Yemenites (13%) and Jordanians (~7%), and as singletons in a number of other non-Jewish populations (Druze, Egyptians, Palestinians, Syrians, Turks, Iranians, Italians, Romanians, and Uzbeks).

As a mixed-race person who grew up labelled "half-caste", I knew those words stained and demeaned me.

I am Sushilemma, I represent the higher caste sanga, and I think I can get support among my members.

Although I was born a Hindu and was therefore a part of the caste system, I found it to be oppressive and dehumanizing for those living within its confines.