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Samantan Nair, also
known as
Samanthan Nair or just
Samantan (meaning "equal to" or "deemed to be"), was a
generic term
applied to
dignify a
group of sub-clans...
- of the highest-ranking
subcastes of the Nair
community along with the
Samantan Nairs and
Samantha Kshatriya, with whom they
share a
close history. They...
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Eradi is a
subcaste of the
Samantan Nair and
Kiriyathil Nair
community from the
Indian state of Kerala. The
Samoothiri (Zamorin), the
erstwhile monarchs...
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royal lineages.
Although Nair families, they
generally used the
title of
Samantan and were
treated as v****als. However, some
naduvazhi were
feudatory chiefs...
-
Kshatriya model,
which corresponded to the
aristocratic families among the
Samantan Nairs,
Samantha Kshatriyas,
Pillais and
Kurups of
travancore and the Kiryathil...
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sacred thread and
observes customs and
manners exactly similar to
other Samantan Nairs. In contrast, the
Samanta Kshatriya Thirumalpāds wear the sacred...
-
unbiased observers ... have
concluded that the
Samantha Kshatriya and
Samantan Nair
subdivisions should be
treated merely as the
highest Nayar (Nair)...
- 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...
- Ravi
Varma Raja (c. 1745–1793) was a
Samantan Nair
warrior prince of the
Royal House of
Zamorins from
Calicut who
fought a two-decade long
revolt against...
