Brahmakshatriya

  • In the Hindu varna system, Brahmakshatriya may refer to a Brahmin who pursues royalty, and hence concurrently adopts the Kshatriya varna.[1][2] According to Manusmriti, such people are treated equal to Brahmins.
  • In Kerala, only the sons of a Nambuthiri father and a Kshatriya mother were recognised as Brahmakshatriya by the Nambuthiri Brahmins, while the son of a Brahmakshatriya father and a non-Kshatriya mother was regarded as non-Kshatriya. The Nairs and Samantha Kshatriyas of Kerala are examples of Brahmkshatriyas by descent, while the Nambiathiri and Nambidi sect of Nambudiri Brahmins are Brahmkshatriyas by virtue of adopting a martial tradition.[3]

Brahmakshatriya dynasties
  • Sena Dynasty:The founder of the Sena rule was Samantasena who described himself as a Brahma-Kshatriya of Karnataka (Karnataka).[4][5] He himself stated that he fought the outlaws of Karnataka and later turned an ascetic. The inscriptions of the Sena kings mention them as Brahma-Kshatriyas (Brahmins who ruled as Kshatriyas) or Kshatriyas.[6]

See also

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. Under the Bo Tree. University of California Press. 1967. pp. 371–. ISBN 9780520020542. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  4. Paniker, K. Ayyappa (1997). Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections. Sahitya Akademi. p. 22. ISBN 978-81-260-0365-5.
  5. Das, Sitanshu (1999). Indian Nationalism: Study in Evolution. Har-Anand Publications. p. 81. ISBN 9788124106204.
  6. Ronald. B. Inden (January 1976). Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture : A History of Caste and Clan in Middle Period Bengal. p. 60. ISBN 9780520025691.
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