scheduled tribes

Japanese: scheduled tribes(英語表記)scheduledtribes
scheduled tribes


[Large domestic disparities]
The Indian Constitution uses various expressions such as "backward classes" and similar expressions. Its meaning is still a subject of debate, but there is no consensus that the original meaning of "backward classes" is the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The Scheduled Castes are the so-called untouchables among Hindus and Sikhs, and the English word is plural because each state has its own list of jatis (sub-castes).

*Some of the terminology that refers to "scheduled tribes" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[大きな国内格差の存在]
 インド憲法には後進諸階級backward classesおよびこれに類似のさまざまな表現がある。その意味するところは今も議論の対象となっているが,本来の後進諸階級が指定カーストScheduled Castesと指定部族Scheduled Tribesを指すものであることには見解の差はない。指定カーストとはヒンドゥー教徒とシク教徒の中のいわゆる不可触民のことで,英語が複数形になっているのは州ごとにそのジャーティ(サブ・カースト)のリストがあるからである。…

※「scheduled tribes」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

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