• In the Hindu varna system, Brahmakshatriya may refer to a Brahmin who pursues royalty, and hence concurrently adopts the Kshatriya varna.[1][2]

Brahmakshatriya dynasties

  • Sena Dynasty: The founder of the Sena rule was Samantasena who described himself as a Brahma-Kshatriya of Karnataka (Karnataka).[3][4] He stated that he fought the outlaws of Karnataka and later turned into an ascetic. The inscriptions of the Sena kings mention them as Brahma-Kshatriyas (Brahmins who ruled as Kshatriyas) or Kshatriyas.[5]

In Kerala

In Kerala, only the sons of a Nambuthiri father and a Kshatriya mother were recognized as Brahmakshatriya by the Nambuthiri Brahmins, while the son of a Brahmakshatriya father and a non-Kshatriya mother was regarded as non-Kshatriya. The Nambudiri Brahmins and Samantha Arasu Ballalas of Kasaragod are examples of Brahmkshatriyas by descent, while the Nambiathiri and Nambidi sect of Nambudiri Brahmins are Brahmkshatriyas by adopting a martial tradition.[6]

In Gujarat

In Gujarat, the Brahmakshatriyas as a community exists that bears cross caste identity.[7] They are generally considered as a writer caste.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ MAJUMDAR, R. C. (1971). HISTORY OF ANCIENT BENGAL. G. BHARADWAJ , CALCUTTA. p. 220.
  2. ↑ Paniker, K. Ayyappa (1997). Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections. Sahitya Akademi. p. 22. ISBN 978-81-260-0365-5.
  3. ↑ Paniker, K. Ayyappa (1997). Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections. Sahitya Akademi. p. 22. ISBN 978-81-260-0365-5.
  4. ↑ Das, Sitanshu (1999). Indian Nationalism: Study in Evolution. Har-Anand Publications. p. 81. ISBN 9788124106204.
  5. ↑ Ronald. B. Inden (January 1976). Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture : A History of Caste and Clan in Middle Period Bengal. University of California Press. p. 60. ISBN 9780520025691.
  6. ↑ Under the Bo Tree. University of California Press. 1967. pp. 371–. ISBN 9780520020542. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  7. ↑ Dinnell, Darry (2021-04-01). "Review of The Other Rāma: Matricide and Genocide in the Mythology of Paraśurāma". Journal of Dharma Studies. 4 (1): 155–157. doi:10.1007/s42240-021-00095-1. ISSN 2522-0934. S2CID 233676041.
  8. ↑ Isaka, Riho (2002-04-01). "Language and dominance: The debates over the Gujarati language in the late nineteenth century". South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. 25 (1): 1–19. doi:10.1080/00856400208723463. ISSN 0085-6401. S2CID 144468128.
  9. ↑ Shah, A.M. (210). The Structure of Indian Society: then and now. Routledge. p. 175.
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