>>50029160not really, if you refer to Vedas and Upanishads, which holds the philosophical essence of Hinduism, varnashrama dharma had specific purpose of division of labor in mind.
1. A brahmin cannot hold property and can only study and deal with knowledge.
2. A kshtriya cannot do business and only defend the nation and tribe
3. A vaishya cannot own land and can only do business
4. a sudra cannot study veda/religous knowledge and can only farm and till the soil.
