| KSHATRIYA | Military caste; one of the four varna of Hindu society (9) |
| ALBENA | Resort town on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast around 18 miles from Varna (6) |
| SUDRA | Member of the lowest of the four traditional Hindu castes (varnas), typically agricultural labourers (5) |
| VARNA | Any of the four traditional castes of Hindu society (Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, Sudra); Sanskrit, 'class' (5) |
| CASTE | Each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society (5) |
| UPANISHAD | Each of a number of Hindu sacred treatises written in Sanskrit (9) |
| BRAHMANIC | Born a rich man potentially, of Hindu caste |
| RAJPUT | Member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India, especially Rajasthan and Saurashtra ( |
| SAMURAI | One of the military caste in feudal Japan (7) |
| SAMURAIS | Members of the military caste of medieval Japan (8) |
| MAHARISHI | Teacher of Hindu mysticism (9) |
| DEVASTATE | Destroy pictures of Hindu deity (9) |
| DESTROYER | Epithet of Hindu god Shiva (9) |
| LISAMARIE | Tale about mother in dress of Hindu ex- resident at Graceland (4,5) |
| OUTCASTE | (In Hindu society) one with no social class |
| NAYAR | Former noble and military caste of Kerala |
| RAJPOOT | Member of military caste turned to work - shock! |
| CASTES | Hereditary social classes in Hindu society |
| GARUDA | Bird of Hindu mythology who serves as the vahana (mount) of Vishnu (6) |
| SMRITI | Class of Hindu religious texts (Sanskrit, 'that which is remembered') considered secondary to the shruti; e.g. the Puranas, Mahabharata etc. (6) |
