Caste and chaturvarnya rest on opposed principles and are distinct systems.

Evidence

There are more solid grounds on which I rely for my opposition to it. A close examination of this ideal has convinced me that as a system of social organisation, chaturvarnya is impracticable, is harmful, and has turned out to be a miserable failure. … The principle underlying caste is fundamentally different from the principle underlying chaturvarnya. Not only are they fundamentally different, but they are also fundamentally opposed. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 914

Categorization

Category: Definitional Content

• DEFINE: Establishes the core conceptual distinction between caste (birth-based) and chaturvarnya (worth-based) that frames the whole chapter.

Related

• Varna by worth and caste by birth are antithetical systems, not synonyms (similarity 0.87)
• Chaturvarnya is impracticable, harmful, and a miserable failure. (similarity 0.86)
• Establishing worth-based chaturvarnya requires first dismantling the birth-based caste system. (similarity 0.86)
• Dalit and Scheduled Caste refer to overlapping but distinct groups (similarity 0.82)
• Arya Samajists proposed four value-based classes instead of four thousand castes (similarity 0.82)
• Caste is compared to racism only through descent-based discrimination, not identity of forms (similarity 0.81)
• Sub-castes prove caste cannot rest on racial purity. (similarity 0.81)
• The caste system divides and grades labourers, unlike ordinary division of labour (similarity 0.81)
• Caste hierarchy gives every group a stake in preserving the system. (similarity 0.80)
• Gandhi’s varna doctrine collapses into caste despite his claims (similarity 0.80)
• Caste can only be destroyed by attacking its religious foundations (similarity 0.80)
• Castes are social divisions within one race, not racial divisions (similarity 0.80)
• Only destroying shastra-based religion can break the caste system. (similarity 0.80)
• Caste differs from mere grouping by religious sacralization of exclusiveness (similarity 0.80)
• Ambedkar argued caste divides labourers themselves, not just labour (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Dalit and Scheduled Caste refer to overlapping but distinct groups #expands (0.60) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 34
• Sub-castes prove caste cannot rest on racial purity. #contradicts (0.50) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 867