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community in Kerala.
Robin Jeffrey, an anthropologist,
described the
Samantans as, "A
matrilineal caste ranking between Nayars and Kshatriyas" Mencher...
- subdivisions. He also argued, in 1966, that "Some
Nayars "ripened" into
Samantans and Kshatriyas. The
royal lineages of Calicut, Walluvanad,
Palghat and...
-
hundred or so survived. The
Samantans and
Kiryathils vowed vengeance, and
marshalled the
Malayali soldiers. The
Samantan Nair warrior-prince Ravi Varma...
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their ladies Tamburāttis, and
their houses Kōvilagams or palaces. Some
Sāmantans have the
caste titles of Kartāvu and Kaimal. But it does not
appear that...
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vanished by the 12th
century CE.
Certain Hindu communities such as the
Samantan Kshatriyas, Ambalavasis, Nairs,
Thiyyas and some
Muslims around North Malabar...
- Furthermore, that: ...
among the higher-ranking
Nayars (and
Kshatriyas and
Samantans) in
contradistinction to the "commoner" Nayars, no two
subdivisions admitted...
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Eradi is a
subcaste of the
Samantan Nair
community from the
Indian state of Kerala. The
Samoothiri (Zamorin), the
erstwhile monarchs and
hereditary rulers...
- 1951-01-13 SC 5705
Ismail Bin
Hussain — —
Killed by
communist gunmen on the
Samantan Estate,
Pahang SC 15814 San
Chong — — SC 29055 Mohd Zain Bin
Singa — —...
- p****ed. On
emerging from the vessel, the raja's
caste status rose from
Samantan Nair to Kshatriya.
Annette Schmiedchen (2006). "The
Ceremony of Tulāpuruṣa:...
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Kollam (Koyilandy). The
Samoothiris belonged to the
Eradi subcaste of the
Samantan community of
colonial Kerala, and were
originally the
ruling chiefs of...
