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| '''''Savarna''''' ( सवर्ण ) communities are those that belong to any one of the four [[Varna (Hinduism)|varnas]] ([[Hindu]] social castes).<ref>{{cite book|title=The Hindu Sociology|page=92|publisher=Surabhi Publications|year=2011|author=DR Jatava}}</ref><ref>Yājñika, Acyuta and Sheth, Suchitra (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=wmKIiAPgnF0C&pg=PA260 ''The Shaping of Modern Gujarat: Plurality, Hindutva, and Beyond''], p. 260. Penguin Books India</ref>
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| The Varna system in [[Hinduism]] divides the society into four classes or varnas with their respective occpations as follows :<ref name="Doniger 1999 186">{{cite book |last=Doniger |first=Wendy |title=Merriam-Webster's encyclopedia of world religions|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780877790440 |url-access=registration | publisher=Merriam-Webster |location=Springfield, MA, USA |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-87779-044-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780877790440/page/186 186]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Ingold |first=Tim |title=Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology |publisher=Routledge |location=London New York |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-415-28604-6 |page=1026}}</ref>
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| *[[Brahmins]]: vaidya/vedic scholars, priests and teachers.
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| *[[Kshatriyas]]: rulers, warriors and administrators.
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| *[[Vaishyas]]: agriculturalists and merchants.<ref name="Kumar2002">{{cite book|first=Arun |last=Kumar|title=Encyclopaedia of Teaching of Agriculture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fhWZNMlzHewC&pg=PA411 |year=2002|publisher=Anmol Publications |isbn=978-81-261-1316-3 |page=411}}</ref>
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| *[[Shudras]]: laborers and service providers.
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| So, any "[[Caste system in India|caste]]" or community belonging to any of these four varnas (viz. Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas & Shudras) is called a Savarna caste or community, while a caste or community that does not belong to any of these four varnas is called [[Avarna]] caste or community.
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| == References ==
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| [[Category:Varnas in Hinduism| ]]
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