different between kshatriya vs varna

English

Alternative forms

• Kshatriya, k?atriya, cshatriya, kshatri, Khatri, chittery

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???????? (k?atriya, “protector of gentle people”), from ?????? (k?atra, “rule, dominion, authority”). Akin to satrap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?at.?i.?/

Noun

kshatriya (plural kshatriyas)

1. The second-highest of the four castes or varnas in traditional Hindu society: the warrior or military caste.
2. A member of this caste.
   • 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books 2007, p. 307:

     The kshatriya could only hope to become a monk in his next life, but given the nature of his daily karma, it seemed unlikely that he could achieve even this limited goal.

   • "B?hanna?? said, 'It is not the habit of a k?atriya to flee like this; death in battle is preferable to flight in fear.'" (Mah?bh?rata: "Vir??a Parva")

Translations

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20060813215707/http://www.hindubooks.org/sudheer_birodkar/hindu_history/castekshatriya.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20060707232229/http://www.gurjari.net/ico/Mystica/html/khatriya.htm

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (vár?a, “colour, tint, dye, pigment, appearance, aspect”), from verbal root ?????? (v??oti, “to choose, select”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v??n?/, /?v??n?/
• Rhymes: -??(r)n?

Noun

varna (plural varnas)

1. (Hinduism) any of the four original castes in Hinduism, or the system of such castes

Related terms

• Brahmin
• Kshatriya
• Vaishya
• Shudra

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on Varna
• Wikipedia article on varnas in Hinduism

References

• Credo, Quia Occidentale
• Welzer, Albrecht. 1994. Credo, Quia Occidentale: A Note on Sanskrit varna and its Misinterpretation in Literature on Mamamsa and Vyakarana. In: Studies in Mamamsa: Dr Mandan Mishra Felicitation Volume edited by R.C. Dwivedi. Delhi: Motilal Banarasidass.

Anagrams

• Arnav, Narva, Navar, Vrana, navar, varan

Icelandic

Noun

varna

1. indefinite genitive plural of vörn

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wár?n??.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?varn?/

Noun

várna f (plural várnos) stress pattern 1

1. (Corvus cornix) crow

   várna krañkia/r??kia - a crow caws/cries

Declension

Related terms

• (noun) varnas m

Derived terms

(nouns):

• (diminutive) varnel?
• juodvarnis m

See also

• kovas

References

• “varna” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. ?ISBN

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse varna, from Proto-Germanic *warn?n?.

Verb

varna

1. to be careful
2. to preserve, to protect
3. to warn

Conjugation

Descendants

• Swedish: varna

Slovene

Adjective

várna

1. inflection of vár?n:
   1. masculine nominative/accusative dual
   2. feminine nominative singular
   3. neuter nominative/accusative plural

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish varna, from Old Norse varna, from Proto-Germanic *warn?n?.

Pronunciation

Verb

varna (present varnar, preterite varnade, supine varnat, imperative varna)

1. to warn; to issue a warning

Conjugation

Related terms

• varning

Anagrams

• varan