Avarna
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Avarna is a noun meaning (India) Someone outside the caste system, especially a Dalit or member of a tribal group.
Meaning
(India) Someone outside the caste system, especially a Dalit or member of a tribal group.
Example Sentences
Many enlightened savarnas opened their private temples to the avarnas in the years that followed 1925.
In many parts of the country, Avarnas continue to be thought of as ‘downtrodden’, ‘unworthy’, ‘polluted’—‘untouchables’.
Word Forms
- avarnas
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