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Definition of Kshatriya

Kshatriya
Kshatriya Ksha"tri*ya, Kshatruya Ksha"tru*ya, n.[Skr. kshatriya one belonging to the military caste.] The military caste, the second of the four great Hindoo castes; also, a member of that caste. See Caste. [India]

Meaning of Kshatriya from wikipedia

- Kshatriya (Sanskrit: क्षत्रिय, romanized: Kṣatriya) (from Sanskrit kṣatra, "rule, authority"; also called Rajanya) is one of the four varnas (social orders)...
- The Samantha Kshatriya are a community of Kerala, India. They were historically ruling elites and feudal aristocrats in the Kingdom of Cochin and Kingdom...
- notes that South Indian society traditionally recognised neither the Kshatriya (warrior) nor Vaishya (merchant) varnas, being divided instead between...
- when Asaf-Ud-Dowlah, the fourth Nawab of Awadh, attempted to grant the kshatriya title of Raja to a group of influential landed Ayodhya Kurmis, he was...
- Swadhin Kshatriya was the Chief Secretary Government of Maharashtra and senior most Civil service IAS officer in Maharashtra. He was appointed to organize...
- Kshatriya (transl. Warriors) is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by J. P. Dutta. It features an ensemble cast of Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra...
- Balinese Kshatriya is a Hindu Kshatriya community that exists on the island of Bali in Indonesia. During the second half of the sixth century, Bali had...
- they argue confers kshatriya status upon them, and effort has been invested in recasting the group narrative to emphasise kshatriya-like valour, however...
- Maratha, not a Kshatriya. They noted that Shivaji had never had a sacred thread ceremony, and did not wear the thread, such as a kshatriya would. Shivaji...
- Kshatriyas and would-be Kshatriyas: a consideration of the claims of certain Hindu castes to rank with the Rájputs, the descendants of the ancient Kshatriyas...