SUdra
SUdra/ m. (of doubtful derivation) a Śūdra , a man of the fourth or lowest of the four original classes or castes (whose only business, accord. to Mn. i, 91 , was to serve the three higher classes; in RV. ix, 20, 12 , the Śūdra is said to have been born from the feet of Puruṣa , q.v. ; in Mn. i, 87 he is fabled to have sprung from the same part of the body of Brahmā , and he is regarded as of higher rank than the present low and mixed castes so numerous throughout India; kevala-S° , a pure Ś° ), RV. &c. &c. ( IW. 212 &c.)