also: ヴァイシャ
noun
Vaishya; member of the merchant-and-farmer caste in India
Refers to the third of the four varnas in the traditional Hindu caste system, associated with trade, agriculture, and commerce.
インドのカースト制度では、バイシャは商人や農民の階級にあたる。
In the Indian caste system, the Vaishya are the merchant and farmer class.
From Sanskrit वैश्य (vaiśya), meaning 'a man of the third caste, a commoner, a merchant'.