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Definition of Rajanya
1. Noun. The second highest of the four varnas: the noble or warrior category.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rajanya
Literary usage of Rajanya
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India by John Muir (1872)
"Consequently this rajanya is born bound. If he were born unbound he would ...
In regard to whatever rajanya any one desires that he should be born unbound ..."
2. Indian Caste by John Wilson (1877)
"In the same section also, it is said, " There are four Castes (Varnas), the
Brahman, rajanya, Vaishya, and Shudra, not one of whom there is that vomits the ..."
3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1910)
"But the most important difference is in the words of the rajanya to the old
Brahman, when he at last consents to tell him the answers to the questions: "As ..."
4. Indian Caste by John Wilson (1877)
"Charana (Brahman association), as the Shudra, and as the A'rya (probably here
meaning the rajanya and the Vaishya).- A Shudra or A'rya desiring the skin of ..."
5. Ancient and Mediaeval India by Manning (Charlotte Speir) (1869)
"The priests said : " This fellow of a rajanya has insulted us; let us call him
out for a Brahman dispute." Yajnavalkya observed: "We are Brahmans, ..."
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