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Kshatriya
Ruling and warrior class of the Hindu varna system / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Bollywood film of the same name, see Kshatriya (film).
Kshatriya (Sanskrit: क्षत्रिय, romanized: Kṣatriya, from Sanskrit kṣatra, "rule, authority"; also called Rajanya)[1] is one of the four varnas (social orders) of Hindu society and is associated with the warrior aristocracy.[2] The Sanskrit term kṣatriyaḥ is used in the context of later Vedic society wherein members were organised into four classes: brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya, and shudra.[3]
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