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vaishya

English

Alternative forms

  • vai?ya

Noun

vaishya (plural vaishyas)

  1. Alternative spelling of Vaishya

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kshatriya

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")

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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

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