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Kshatriya
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Ksha·tri·ya  (k-shtr-, -cht-)
n.
A member of the second highest of the four castes of traditional Indian society, responsible for upholding justice and social harmony, and including people in governing and military positions.
adj.
Of or relating to the caste of Kshatriyas.
[Sanskrit katriya, from katram, rule, power.]
Kshatriya [ˈkʃætrɪə]
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism) a member of the second of the four main Hindu castes, the warrior caste
[from Sanskrit, from kshatra rule]
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Noun1.Kshatriya - a member of the royal or warrior Hindu caste
Hindoo, Hindu, Hindustani - a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India
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51) The word maratha is interchangeable in Goa with kshatrya (in Portuguese chardo); the appropriation of the name of an upper caste by castes of lower status is frequent in India as an attempt to raise social status (Perez, Kings and Untouchables).
The rhetoric of empire: gender representations in Portuguese India by Perez, Rosa Maria / Portuguese Studies
 
 
 
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