(雜語)Veśa,又作吠奢。舊作鞞舍,毗舍。天竺四姓第叁商賈之族也。西域記二曰:“吠奢,舊曰毗舍,訛也。商賈也,貿遷有無,逐利遠近。”玄應音義十八曰:“鞞舍,陛爰反。正言吠舍,此言坐,謂坐估也。案天竺土俗,多重寶貨。此等營求積財巨億,坐而出納,故以名焉。”俱舍光記八曰:“吠舍此是興事種。”
Vaisya == 吠舍
the third of the four Indian Castes at the time of Shakyamuni. They were merchant, entrepreneurs, traders, farmers, manufacturers, etc., but not well-educated.
印度四姓之一,即商人的族姓。 - 陳義孝編