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Kshatriya (Sanskrit: क्षत्रिय, romanized:
Kṣatriya) (from
Sanskrit kṣatra, "rule, authority"; also
called Rajanya) is one of the four
varnas (social orders)...
- purity, the Brāhmans rank
above Kșatriyas, they
represent transcendental values, not
local ones. It is the
Kșatriyas, i.e. the Srēṣṭhas, who are the paradigmatic...
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Khatri (from Sanskrit:
Kṣatriya, "the
warrior or
military caste") is a
caste originating from the
Malwa and
Majha areas of
Punjab region of
South Asia...
- the true
nature of things. In our
historical era, the
Awakened One was a
kṣatriya Siddhartha Gautama, born in the
foothills of the
Himalaya Mountains in...
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Upanayanam ceremony is
arguably the most
important rite for Brāhmaṇa,
Kṣatriya, and Vaiśya males,
ensuring his
rights with
responsibilities and signifying...
-
matrimonial tradition in
ancient Indian society where a bride,
usually from
Kṣatriya (warrior) caste,
selects her
husband from a
group of ****embled suitors...
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Balinese belong to this group. The top
three wangsa are Brahmana,
Satria (or
Ksatriya) and
Wesia (or Wesya),
represent nobility, and are
known as triwangsa....
- varna-samkara ("the
mixing of castes") and were thus
inferior in rank to
Ksatriyas. [...] What I
perceive from the
above data is a
rather widespread change...
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teachings helped establish the
ancient religion Jainism, is also
claimed to be
ksatriya by his
early followers.)
According to
early texts such as the Pali Ariyapariyesanā-sutta...
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susceptible to "mean caste"
slurs and
slights because of his
combined Kṣatriya (Rajput) and
cowherd (Ahir) background.".
Hiltebeitel 2009, p. 465. Mayaram...
