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Definition of Kshatriya
1. Noun. A member of the royal or warrior Hindu caste.
Definition of Kshatriya
1. n. The military caste, the second of the four great Hindoo castes; also, a member of that caste. See Caste.
Definition of Kshatriya
1. Noun. The second-highest of the four castes or varnas in traditional Indian society: the warrior or military caste. (Plural: '''kshatriya'''.) ¹
2. Noun. A member of this caste. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kshatriya
Literary usage of Kshatriya
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1869)
"This journey is of minor importance ; but it contains a curious account of a
meeting between the two Ram as; that is, between Rama the Kshatriya and Rama ..."
2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1838)
"The decay of the Kshatriya class lay have been owing to the peaceful habits of
the people nd their freedom from foreign invasion, and the con- equent want ..."
3. Indian Caste by John Wilson (1877)
"The principal duty assigned to the Shudra is that of serving the Brahman, the
Kshatriya, and the Vaishya, especially the Brahman, for whose advantage, ..."
4. A History of Hindu Civilisation During British Rule by Pramatha Náth Bose (1894)
"Just as on the formation of the Kshatriya castes. . function-castes in the later
Vedic period, ... Kshatriya ..."
5. A History of Hindu Civilisation During British Rule by Pramatha Nath Bose (1894)
"... of Various function- . . . . , . . v and the Kshatriyas to some extent dis-
and partly of the appear.* Tust as on the formation of the Kshatriya castes. ..."
6. The History of India: The Hindu and Mahometan Periods by Mountstuart Elphinstone (1874)
"The great teachers of this highest knowledge are not Brahmans but Kshatriyas,
and Brahmans are continually represented as going to the great Kshatriya kings ..."
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