…They were seen as a source of taint to the general population (caste Hindus) belonging to the four varnas, and were discriminated against in all aspects of social life as people who were untouchable. They are called achūt in Hindi and untouchable in English, and Gandhi gave them the name harijan, which means children of God. In the West, they are also known as pariahs. *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "harijan" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…4バルナに属する一般住民(カースト・ヒンドゥー)にけがれを与える存在とみられ,〈触れてはならない〉人間として社会生活のすべての面で差別されてきた。ヒンディー語でアチュートachūt,英語でアンタッチャブルuntouchable,アウト・カーストout‐casteと呼ばれ,またガンディーは彼らに〈神の子〉を意味するハリジャンharijanという呼称を与えた。欧米ではパリアpariahの名でも知られる。… ※「harijan」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
Also known as the Zhoukoudian fauna. A group of fo...
1567‐1622 A spiritual leader who had a great influ...
An old town in Nakakubiki District, Niigata Prefec...
...Not only polyarteritis nodosa, but also other ...
…The French word soupe, which gave rise to the En...
A group of gods in Norse mythology with Odin as th...
Sodium alkylbenzene sulfonate A detergent whose aq...
…Young shoots and seeds are edible. [Yahara Tetsu...
The ready-made clothing industry. Apparel means &q...
A diode that emits light when a current is passed...
…(6) Paulopoda, the millipedes. (7) Diplopoda, th...
Among the Minoan scripts (broadly divided into pic...
A port city in Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. I...
〘Noun〙① A shelf for placing crowns. Later it was a...
...Yamagata Prefecture was established in 1870 by...