Business person, trader, merchant. See Caste. (Glossary for the Vahinis)

The business people have to try to make the currents of commerce flow smooth and fast, to forge communication links that tie the nations into one commonwealth and make wealth multiply in the world. That is their task. They must ensure that the concord between people is unbroken and undiminished. They have to aspire for ‘the fame (yashas) of great deeds and noble achievements’ and ‘the splendour (varchaska) of having helped in the spread of education and health by the erection of schools, hospitals, and the like’. They must devote their wealth to the promotion of all worthy causes. By this means, virtue and righteousness are fostered. (DV, p. 115)