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Kshatriya vs Rajput - What's the difference?

kshatriya | rajput |

As nouns the difference between kshatriya and rajput

is that kshatriya is the second-highest of the four castes or varnas in traditional Indian society: the warrior or military caste while Rajput is a member of the Kshatriya Hindu caste.

kshatriya

English

(wikipedia kshatriya)

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • The second-highest of the four castes or varnas in traditional Indian society: the warrior or military caste.
  • 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")

    • References

    * http://www.hindubooks.org/sudheer_birodkar/hindu_history/castekshatriya.html * http://www.gurjari.net/ico/Mystica/html/khatriya.htm

    rajput

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia Rajput) (en noun)
  • A member of the Kshatriya Hindu caste
  • An inhabitant of India