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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...
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marriage traditions among the
traditional matrilineal castes.
Women of
Samanthan,
Nairs and
Ambalavasi castes could marry men
within their own community...
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particularly for
children born of
unions between Kshatriyas (later
known as
Samanthans) and Nair women.
Members of this
group were also
referred to as Pillayathiri—a...
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their temples. In some cases, it was also used as an honorific.
Samanthan – The
Samanthan Nambiars, or
Samantha Kshatriya Nambiars, were a
caste found in...
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Thali Kettu, was the name of an
elaborate marriage ceremony of the
Samanthan, Nair, Maarar, and
Ambalavasi communities of the
southern Indian state...
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remains onboard the Titan. In the
third season episode "Reflections",
Samanthan "Sam" Rutherford's
implant is
revealed to have been
altered to suppress...
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Tamil Nadu) to
their Malayali Nair relatives. They were part of the
Samanthan Nair
aristocracy and
belong to the
Illam Nair subcaste. The
Thampi surname...
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Kshatriya by
means of the
Hiranyagarbha ceremony. This was done so that the
Samanthans and
Nairs could wield temporal ruling powers over the land, as they constituted...
- In
medieval Kerala, most of the
kings belonged to
extensions of the
Samanthan and
Kiryathil Nair castes,
including the
Zamorins of
Calicut who were...
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Eranad Taluk is a
Taluk in
Malappuram district.
Eranad was
ruled by a
Samanthan Nair clan
known as Eradis,
similar to the
Vellodis of
neighbouring Valluvanad...
