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unmole on March 2, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Trapped in Silicon Valley’s hidden caste system

Oh, please. The Ramayana and Mahabharata endorse caste based on birth. Vedas are irrelevant to how Hindusim is practiced on a day to day basis.

throwaway_281 on March 2, 2022 [–]

It is mentioned in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishads that brahmins were born from the head of the Purusha and the Sudras from His feet.

Dalits are even outside of these four varnas.

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