↑Kenneth R. Valpey (2 November 2019).Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics. Springer Nature. pp. 169–.ISBN978-3-03-028408-4.The four varnas are the brahmins (brahmanas—priests, teachers); kshatriyas (ksatriyas—administrators, rulers); vaishyas (vaisyas—farmers, bankers, business people); and shudras(laborers, artisans)
↑Richard Bulliet; Pamela Crossley; Daniel Headrick; Steven Hirsch; Lyman Johnson (11 October 2018).The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History, Volume I. Cengage Learning. pp. 172–.ISBN978-0-357-15937-8.Varna are the four major social divisions: the Brahmin priest class, the Kshatriya warrior/ administrator class, the Vaishya merchant/farmer class, and the Shudra laborer class.
↑Akira Iriye (1979).The World of Asia. Forum Press. p. 106.ISBN978-0-88273-500-9.The four varna groupings in descending order of their importance came to be Brahmin (priests), Kshatriya (warriors and administrators), Vaishya (cultivators and merchants), and Sudra (peasants and menial laborers)
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