What was the original meaning of Varna in the Vedas?

Question

Jathi and Kulam mean caste. You will not find these
words in the Vedas. Varna means Varnana (description).
It describes the four fold division of humans. We know
that humans are divided into four races: the
Indo-European race, the Mongoloid race, the African
race, and the aboriginal Australoid race. The
Indo-European race was called Brahmana Varna because
thay have the quest for higher knowledge. They have
texts on every aspect of knowledge, the other races do
not have as many. The Chinese and Japanes are
classified as Ksatriya because they have long histories of
Emperors. The Europe does not have it. The term Vaisya
was originally applied to farmers and cattle raisers.
The continent which has the largest number of cattle is
Africa. The longest river known in ancient times was
the Nile. It does not provide as many fertile lands as
Ganga.

With what ever narrow lands that Nile provides with
fertility, the Africans were the most efficient farmers
in ancient world to utilise the available resources.
Another word for Sudra is Misra Varna (mixed type). The
aboriginal Australians do not excell in any of the
former descriptions, and have a mixed mode of life.

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The main meaning for Varna is colour. Can we give a
general classification for humans according to colour?
You must have observed it already. The Europeans are
white, the Chinese are yellow, the Africans are black,
and the Austreloids are mixed colour. That is the
meaning according to colour.

The Rig Veda says that for every Sloka in Rig Veda,
there are atleast five meanings. So, scholars should
look for more meanings of the word Varna.

One more interpretation can be given for it in terms of
'colour'. The organ of perception of colour is the eye.
The pineal gland in the brain is the third eye.
(B.F.Sergeev, Phisiology for Everyone, Mir Publishers,
Moscow, 1978, page 215). It is the seat of higher
knowledge according to the esoteric teachings of
medieval Europe. The ancient Sanskrit texts on Yoga and
Tantra also say the same thing. Its size among
Austreloids is smallest among humans, it is larger
among Africans, it is still larger among Mongoloids,
ans it is the largest of all among Indo-Europeans.

Answer 1

Elaborate methods for preserving the text (memorizing by heart instead of writing), subsidiary disciplines (Vedanga), exegetical literature, etc., were developed in the Vedic schools. Sayana, from the 14th century, is known for his elaborate commentaries on the Vedic texts. While much evidence suggests that everyone was equally allowed to study the Vedas and many Vedic "authors" were women, the later dharmashastras, from the Sutra age, dictate that women and Shudras were neither required nor allowed to study the Veda. These dharmashastras regard the study of the Vedas a religious duty of the three upper varnas (Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas). In modern times, Vedic studies are crucial in the understanding of Indo-European linguistics, as well as ancient Indian history.

Many forms of Hinduism encourage the Vedic mantras to be interpreted as liberally and as philosophically as possible, unlike the texts of the three Abrahamic religions. In fact, over-literal interpretation of the mantras is actually discouraged, and even the three layers of commentaries (Brahmanas, Aranyakas, and Upanishads), which form an integral part of the śruti literature, interpret the seemingly polytheistic, ritualistic, and highly complex Samhitas in a philosophical and metaphorical way to explain the "hidden" concepts of God (Ishwara), the Supreme Being (Brahman) and the soul or the self (Atman). Many Hindus believe that the very sound of the Vedic mantras is purifying for the environment and the human mind. Each may contain a thousand layers of meaning.

Answer 2

VARNAS - Literally it means colour.. VARNANAI is description.. Description is a general definition of anything and even in Vedas the same meaning is used. But for VARNA, (Color) I do find only the following explanation. According to me they are different to each other. It is only made by the community chiefs in good olden days made broad divisions as per Vedas and slowly they gave the color to different communities viz. higher caste, lower caste, untouchable, dalits etc.etc. It is all man made and we should not blame our vedas.

Any of the four traditional social classes of Hindu India. One of the hymns of the Rigveda declares that the Brahman, the Kshatriya, the Vaishya, and the Shudra issued forth at creation from the mouth, arms, thighs, and feet of Prajapati. Traditional lawmakers specified a set of obligations, observed mainly in theory only, to each varna: the Brahman, to study and advise; the Kshatriya, to protect; the Vaishya, to cultivate; and the Shudra, to serve. An unofficial fifth class, the pancama, was created to include certain untouchables and tribal groups falling outside this system. The relationship of the caste system to the class system is complex; individual castes, of which there are dozens, have sought to raise their social rank by identifying with a particular varna, demanding the associated privileges of rank and honour.

Answer 3

Varna in Sanhrit means color.
In the prehistoric period the Indian residents were residing in and arrond Indus valley and they were black in skin color. They were dravirian. The Aryas cane from central europe and Taklamakan deseart. They were white. Then there were mangoloids with skin color brown.

Aryas created the language Sanskrit which was mix of Tamil, the Dravirian language of Indus valley people and their own Europian language. They were with more power and also were expert in war. They had pushed Indus valey people toward more southern part of India. The Aryas became the leader of the Indian culture.

I think these Aryas were also racist like all Europians and diferentiated Indian people into diferent caste according to their skin color. ANd thats why they had used the word VARNA for this purpose.

Answer 4

Varna has two meanings
1)Alphapetic letters in a language
2)caste(what created by the men)

The Bagavat Geeta -Says

"Except Brahmana...!All people came out from the womb of the sinners"

Answer 5

Namaskaram. Very interesting, thank you for the clarification.