Dominant caste (English spelling)

Japanese: dominant caste(英語表記)dominantcaste
Dominant caste (English spelling)

… A village community is a basic local group formed by families belonging to several castes. The caste that is dominant in land ownership has a dominant position there, and is called the dominant caste. Around this caste there are various other castes, and they divide the work necessary for village life and agricultural production. …

From [Caste]

...The dominant caste is the caste that owns the most land in the village (the caste to which the landlords and land-owning farmers belong), and is often the largest in terms of numbers. It is also this caste that has dominated the village panchayat, the self-governing organization of the village, and sociologists call it the dominant caste. There was not a sufficient number of craftsmen of all kinds in a village, and there was a need to replenish craftsmen with neighboring villages, but this was compensated for by the exchange of goods and services, and under the Jajmani system, which required almost no currency as a medium, the productive activities of the village, which had a strong sense of self-sufficiency, were maintained. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "dominant caste" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 村落共同体はいくつものカーストに属する家族によって形成される基礎的な地域的集団である。そこでは土地所有の上で優位を占めるカーストが支配的地位を占めており,これは支配カーストdominant casteとよばれる。このカーストを中心としてさまざまなカーストがあり,村落生活と農業生産のために必要な仕事を分業している。…

【カースト】より

…有力なカーストとは,村内で最も広い土地を所有するカースト(地主,土地所有農民の所属するカースト)で,人数のうえからも最大であることが多い。村落の自治組織であるパンチャーヤットを牛耳ってきたのもこのようなカーストであり,社会学者によって支配(ドミナント)カーストdominant casteと呼ばれている。 一村内にすべての種類の職人が充足されていたわけではなく,近隣の村落との間で職人を補充しあう必要も生じたが,現物やサービスの交換関係で補われ,貨幣の媒介をほとんど必要としないジャジマーニー制度のもとで,自給自足性の強い村落の生産活動は維持されてきた。…

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