Word origin · etymology
Sanskrit compound: vargottama.
Varga means class or division and uttama highest or best; the compound names the specially valued matching divisional placement.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: vargottama (University of Hyderabad) ↗
How we know · epistemology
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