Kshatriya Definition

kə-shătrē-ə, -chăt-
noun
A member of the military Hindu caste, next below the Brahmans.
Webster's New World
adjective
Of or relating to the caste of Kshatriyas.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Kshatriya

Noun

Singular:
Kshatriya
Plural:
kshatriyas

Origin of Kshatriya

  • From Hindi क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya, “protector of gentle people”), from Sanskrit क्षत्र (kṣatrá, “rule, dominion, authority”). Akin to satrap.

    From Wiktionary

  • Sanskrit kṭatriyaḥ from kṭatram rule, power

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Kshatriya Sentence Examples

  • But there are indications that at an earlier date the Kshatriya or warrior caste often became priests.

  • In origin, Krishna, like Rama, was undoubtedly a deified hero of the Kshatriya caste.

  • Though the ranks of the priesthood were for ever firmly closed against intruders, a man of lay birth, a Kshatriya or Vaisya, whose mind revolted against the orthodox creed, and whose heart was stirred by mingled zeal and ambition, might find through these irregular orders an entrance to the career of a religious teacher and reformer.

  • He was certainly so far connected with sheep that he and sheep and the Kshatriya caste sprang from the breast and arms of Prajapati, a kind of creative being.

  • Though he is a Kshatriya, the succession follows the local custom of inheritance through females; consequently his sand y of adoption authorizes him to adopt sisters' sons.

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