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cshatriya

cshatriya is the alternative form of kshatriya.

Meaning of kshatriya

Noun

kshatriya (plural kshatriyas)

  1. A member of the second-highest of the four castes or varnas in traditional Hindu society: the warrior or military caste.
    • 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.2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books, published 2007, page 307

Forms of cshatriya

pluralcshatriyas

Questions about cshatriya

What is cshatriya the alternative form of?
Cshatriya is the alternative form of kshatriya.

Words near cshatriya in the dictionary

  1. CSF
  2. CSFR
  3. CSFs
  4. CSG
  5. CSGO
  6. cshatriya
  7. cshatriyas
  8. CSHL
  9. CSI
  10. CSI effect
  11. CSI effects

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