kshatriya

• Kshatriya, kṣatriya, cshatriya, kshatri, Khatri, chittery

From Sanskrit क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya, “protector of gentle people”), from क्षत्र (kṣatra, “rule, dominion, authority”). Akin to satrap.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʃat.ɹi.ə/

kshatriya (plural kshatriyas)

1. The second-highest of the four castes or varnas in traditional Hindu society: the warrior or military caste.
2. 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.

   • "Bṛhannaḍā said, 'It is not the habit of a kṣatriya to flee like this; death in battle is preferable to flight in fear.'" (Mahābhārata: "Virāṭa Parva")

• https://web.archive.org/web/20060813215707/http://www.hindubooks.org/sudheer_birodkar/hindu_history/castekshatriya.html
• http://www.gurjari.net/ico/Mystica/html/khatriya.htm