Difference between jati & varna

In each system, each caste (jati) - birth-unit - is an endogamous group into which one is born into and will marry within. There are approximately 3,000 jatis in contemporary society. By contrast, varna is the typical functional division of an advanced society. It is one of the four large caste groups (Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra) from which most jatis are believed to derive. "While the term varna refers to the fours different classes in society, the term jati refers to the di...

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