||Vais"ya (?), n. [Skr.
vaiçya.] The third of the four great original castes
among the Hindus, now either extinct or partially represented by the
mercantile class of Banyas. See the Note under Caste, 1.
||Vais"ya (?), n. [Skr.
vaiçya.] The third of the four great original castes
among the Hindus, now either extinct or partially represented by the
mercantile class of Banyas. See the Note under Caste, 1.