Jaat
Ek jaat (caste), ek atal (fixed) samaajik toli (group) hae jisme ek paida hoe waala jan eak khaas samaajik sthar (hierarchy) pe rahe hae. Iske jaat-paath bola jaae hae. Iske niche, log khaali aapan jaat me saadi kare hae, ek khaas dhandhaa (occupation) kare hae, samaj me aapan jagha (status) jaane hae, duusra jaat se mile jukhe nai hae aur jaada, nai to kamti sudh (pure) maana jaae hae. Ii sabd kuch kirwa, jaise ki chuunti, madmakkhi aur termite meke hierarchy ke describe kare khaatir bhi kaam e laawa jaae hae.[1]
India ke jaat-paath, puraana jamaana ke varna ke bahaana (excuse) log ke samaj me khaali ekke jagha rahe ke majbuur karaa gais hae. Vedic jamaana me chaar rakam ke varna rahaa: Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya aur Shudra aur ii ispe nibhar rahaa ki ek jan kon kaam karat rahaa. Varna inherited nai rahaa.
- ↑ Wilson, E. O. (1979). "The Evolution of Caste Systems in Social Insects". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 123 (4): 204–210.