14 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [January, 1906.} 
solitude for contemplation and for spiritual culture, were called 
Risi.! Those who betook themselves to worldly life and resided in 
retired villages, and places remote from towns, for leading a 
pure life (Brahma carya), and earned their living by reciting the 
Veda,3 were called the Brahmans.2 Those who, without committing 
theft, i.e, by trading honestly in other people’s articles acquired 
wealth, were called the Je-rig * (gentleman-caste). 
ose who earned their living by serving the three superior 
races, by the labours of the field, and also by doing some work of 
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raischief to others, were called the ( AREA AAI ) Mafg-rig, 7.e., 
the common people. Such people who possessed little sense of mo- 
desty and shame, committed theft, murder, etc., and earned their 
subsistence chiefly by doing menial service and mean works, were. 
called the Sudra or Dol-wairig.§ 
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