pañcama References pañcama Hindu social class Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: varna/ Varna and caste…of a fifth class, the panchama (Sanskrit: “fifth”) class, which includes the “untouchable” classes as well as others, such as tribal groups, who are outside the system and consequently avarna (“classless”). Read More…of a fifth class, the panchama (Sanskrit: “fifth”) class, which includes the “untouchable” classes as well as others, such as tribal groups, who are outside the system and consequently avarna (“classless”). Read More