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		Kshatriya (, from,) is one of the four varnas, or castes, in Hinduism.
		Kshatriyas (pronounced as shatria) also studied the ancient martial arts which were eventualy carried by Buddhist monks like Bodhiharma (a Kshatriya) to China and Japan.
		Puranic accounts attest that the Dravidas are Kshatriyas and are said to be descendants of the sons of Vishwamitra.
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	Kshatriya - Information from Reference.com
		The Kshatriya also referred elsewhere to as Khatri are one of the four varnas of Hinduism, the other three being Brahmins, Vaishyas and Shudras.
		The Kshatriyas were assigned to be protectors of Dharma (duty/justice), their subjects and livestock.
		The Kshatriya communities are generally very prominent in Indian history, having been major influences on Indian politics, society, culture, religion and economics for hundreds of years.
	www.reference.com /search?q=Kshatriya (2043 words)

	National HSC Dharma Project Home Page
		It is the child's dharma to respect the elders in the family and carry on the traditions.
		According to Hindu Dharma, Self-knowledge and the yogic approaches to achieve it are eternal and remain largely the same, differing in externalities of name, form and approach from age to age.
		The dharma of the individual cannot stand apart from the dharma of the society or the dharma of the universe and implies not only individual capacities but also personal duties as well.
	www.dharmalife.org /December.htm (6499 words)

	dharma and guNa – Ranjeet Sankar
		This is translated as follows - " dharma is that which is meant for the stability of the world and also as the direct means to both secular and spiritual welfare of living beings.
		dharma is that which is the direct means to both the secular and spiritual welfare of living being.
		For example, the dharma of a brahmaNa is to study, teach others and to preserve the Vedic culture and religion.
	www.advaita.org.uk /discourses/teachers/dharma_ranjeet.htm (1835 words)

	The Military in the Pali Canon
		The historical context being the world of the kshatriya (Sanskrit, this term rather than the Pali khattiya will be used throughout as it is already well known) and the ancient Indian four-limbed army (caturangini sena), the four limbs being chariots, elephants, horses, and foot soldiers.
		Given that the Buddha is said to have been a kshatriya and considering the number of kshatriya said to have entered the sangha, one would expect this kind of accuracy from the Canon when treating military subjects.
		Second, since the Buddha and many monks were kshatriya, they were trained from infancy to consider war to be their natural calling, their dharma (sanskrit).
	www.urbandharma.org /udharma6/militarycanon.html (2785 words)

	HINDUISM, THE WORLD'S OLDEST RELIGION
		Kshatriyas are allowed to hunt for food and eat meat, as long as it is offered to the Almighty first before consuming it.
		Dharma is a universal principle, the goal of which is to enable everything in the universe to function according to the Law of Nature.
		The Ramayana is a dharma shashtra or authority on dharma for the welfare of mankind.
	members.fortunecity.com /bala595/hindu.htm (7218 words)

	Dharma
		The word Dharma is derived from the root DHR- to hold- and its etymological meaning is ‘that which holds’ this world, or the people of the world, or the whole creation from the microcosm to the macrocosm.
		Dharma includes all external deeds, as well as thoughts and other mental practices which tend to elevate the character of a man. Dharma comes from the Divine and leads you to the Divine.
		The Mahabharata enumerates as the fundamentals of Dharma:
	www.hinduism.co.za /dharma.htm (6588 words)

	Kshatriya
		The Kshatriyas were assigned to be protectors of Dharma (duty/justice), their subjects and livestock.
		The nyagrodha is the kshatra power of trees, and the Kshatriya is the kshatra power humans, for the Kshatriya dwells fastened to the kingdom, and is supported it.
		Kshatriyas were created from the arms of God and the priests were from his mouth and the merchants from his abdomen and the laborers from his legs.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3DKsatriya%26type%3Den (1960 words)

	Kshatriya - Information at Halfvalue.com
		The Kshatriya are one of the four varnas of Hinduism, the other three being Brahmins, Vaishyas and Shudras.
		The nyagrodha is the kshatra power of trees, and the Kshatriya is the kshatra power [among humans], for the Kshatriya dwells fastened to the kingdom, and is supported [by it].
		The Kshatriya communities are generally very prominent in Indian history, having been major influences on Indian politics, society, culture, religion and economics for hundreds of years.
	www.halfvalue.com /wiki.jsp?topic=Kshatriya (2299 words)

	Historical Synopsis of the House of Mewar
		The Kshatriya clan is one of the four principal ranks in Hindu society.
		Kshatriyas are warriors, defenders of righteousness and implementers of the law, whose solemn duty is to defend the state and its people without regard to personal risk.
		Dharma, literally 'the way' means good ethical practices, and it is up to each individual to fulfill their destiny to the best of their ability and situation in life.
	www.mewarindia.com /history/history.html (897 words)

	Kurukshetra: hinduism's battleground - The World and I Magazine
		Dharma is an order of values propagated by the Brahmans that links the individual, the social, and the cosmic on the basis of revelation contained in the Vedas.
		Although dharma is always concerned with the act and its consequences at all times (as also with the inherent supremacy of the Brahmans over everybody else), three historical stages can easily be marked.
		Krishna tells Arjun that he must follow his Kshatriya dharma, failing which he would be the object of scorn of all his peers and would be thrown into the darkest corner of hell after death.
	www.worldandi.com /public/1995/february/ar4.cfm (6693 words)

	VEDA - Vedas and Vedic Knowledge Online - Vedic Encyclopedia, Bhakti-yoga in vedas, Library
		Daruma, also known as Bodhidharma, Daruma Taishi, Lohan and Ta Mo, the 28th patriarch of Buddhism and the 1st patriarch of Zen, was born as the third child of King Sugandha around 440 in Kanchipuram, south of Chennai (Madras) in South India, a small but thriving Buddhist province at that time.
		As he was born into the kshatriya caste, martial art training was an inherent part of his education.
		Since kshatriyas are allowed to gamble, we don't so much think of truthfulness as a kshatriya quality, but king Yudhishthira was famous for his truthfulness.
	www.veda.harekrsna.cz /encyclopedia/aikido.htm (2757 words)

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		The pity expressed by Arjuna is viewed by Krishna as a form of egoistic self-indulgence and a violation of his responsibility as a warrior.
		Arjuna's reaction is not the divine compassion of the kshatriya, but a self-pity based upon the results this action will have upon his own life and a desire for different results.
		Arjuna's pity is a reaction of the senses and emotional nature, not the divine compassion of the kshatriya, the god-like warrior.
	www.auburn.edu /~flickwc/gita2p1.html (716 words)

	Hindunet: The Hindu Universe: Role of a Kshatriya in Kali Yuga (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kshatriya Dharma will be fundamentally the same in Kali Yuga but just with different actions and situations.
		A Brahmin is supposed to teach dharma and a Kshatriya is supposed to preserve it.
		When a Kshatriya is in the presence of highly-spiritual Brahmin devotees of God, his duty is to protect them from demonic influences such as misbehaviors by nearby "devotees." Even if they are at the stage that their mental and spiritual states cannot be disturbed, their physical states can.
	www.hindunet.org /forum/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=caste&Number=59334&Main=59048 (1767 words)

	VNN Editorial - Karmic Speculation Cannot Build A Dharmic Nation
		The role of the dharma protector, and even the clear sense of dharma itself, has been lost in the impersonalist corruption of the doctrine of karma.
		Dharma protectors are also concerned with criminals making restitution to injured society and individuals for the sufferings caused by their crimes.
		Until the movement is led by realized brahmins with this vision, and moral kshatriyas who are free of karmic analysis paralysis, who are prepared to protect the proximately innocent, especially the most helpless (children) and other segments of society, then there will be no varnashrama dharma.
	www.vnn.org /editorials/ET0306/ET21-8150.html (3093 words)

	Kshatriya at AllExperts
		The Kshatriyas were assigned to be protectors of Dharma (duty/justice), their subjects and livestock.
		Like the Kambojas, Sakas, Yavanas, Daradas, Khashas etc, the Dravidas were recorded as Kshatriyas who no longer were initiated into the sacred thread due to their neglect of the Brahmanas as well as due to their non-observance of the sacred Brahmanical codes.
		The Kshatriya communities are generally very prominent in Indian history, having been major influences on Indian culture, politics, religion and economics for hundreds of years.
	en.allexperts.com /e/k/ks/kshatriya.htm (2068 words)

	Bhagavad-gita As It Is Chapter 2 Verse 31
		Considering your specific duty as a kshatriya, you should know that there is no better engagement for you than fighting on religious principles; and so there is no need for hesitation.
		A kshatriya would go into the forest and challenge a tiger face to face and fight with the tiger with his sword.
		The kshatriyas are specially trained for challenging and killing because religious violence is sometimes a necessary factor.
	www.bhagavadgitaasitis.com /2/31/en1 (410 words)

	Kshatriya dharma
		Kshatriyas are the least minority caste in the whole country consisting less than 4% of the total population.
		The Kshatriyas were assigned to be protectors of Dharma (duty/justice) and their people.They were sanctioned by God to serve humanity.
		Hinduism as Sanatana Dharma, worship of Sadhasiva and the unity of Kali and Krishna.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Kshatriya_dharma (1763 words)

	The counter perspective : Dalits and the dynamics of conversion, Nandakumar Chandran blogs on sulekha, blogs, ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		By manuvadi is meant the followers of the manusmriti which is considered the most influential of the dharma shaastraas of the hindus, which allegedly prescribes and supports the discrimination against dalits.
		But a chandaalaa merely meant those who did not agree with the tenets of the dharma, lived contrary to it and were thus ostracized from the society.
		Given that shudras represented a set of the hindu society who though a part of it still werenât considered to have confirmed their alleigence of the dharma, their purity was considered to be in doubt.
	nandakumarchandran.sulekha.com /blog/post/2006/11/dalits-and-the-dynamics-of-conversion.htm (3520 words)

	Kshatriya Did You Mean kshatriya? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Generally, the kshatriyas are thought to be ranked second in hierarchy, the first being the Brahmin or priestly varna, the third the Vaishya or artisans and craftsmen and the fourth Shudras (farmers and agricultural workers).
		The nexus involving the Kshatriyas and the Brahmins manifested in all the Indo-Aryan regions from Iran to northern and southern India.
		Manu Smriti attests that these tribes were originally noble Kshatriyas, but were later relegated to Shudra status (degraded Kshatriya status) on account of the reason that they did not follow the sacred Brahmanical rites and codes and had neglected the Brahmanas in their countries.
	www.did-you-mean.com /Kshatriya.html (839 words)

	Gandhi: Violator of the Kshatriya Dharma « agneya (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In it, the fighter of injustice, the kshatriya, was to not lay a finger on the proponent of adharma.
		The kshatriya fought back because it was the Law of his being to protect the nation from suffering, not to expose himself or the nation to it.
		This is why the ancient kshatriyas avoided a democratic setup for national politic, leaving democracy at a local level where it better served the interest of the citizens, while the Raja on the national level affirmed the Kshatriya dharma without flinching from personally taking to battle.
	agneya.wordpress.com /2007/03/22/gandhi-violator-of-the-kshatriya-dharma (13076 words)

	INDIA’S REBIRTH- Part III
		In ancient times each community had its own Dharma and within itself it was independent; every village, every city had its own organization quite free from all political control and within that every individual was free—free to change and take up another line for his development.
		The Kshatriya was the man who would not allow any oppression, who would fight it out and he was the man who would not oppress anybody.
		Dharma is law—it includes the social and moral laws; also the law of one's own being, one's own nature is said to be dharma—
	voiceofdharma.com /books/ir/IR_part3.htm (5420 words)

	The Buddha Writings of Nichiren Daishonin - Chapter 12
		These monks preach their own variety of the Buddha dharma that is contrary to the correct teaching; in turn, these sermons become the cause and complimentary causes for the ruin of the state.
		Furthermore, Hônen says, “Indeed you should realize, that before the Buddha taught the dharma in accordance to the propensities of his listeners, he propounded for the time being the two gateways to enlightenment of practices for minds that were ordered by contemplation and the minds of ordinary people, who had not the discipline of contemplation.
		However, a person's heart may change according to the times and the nature of an object may change according to the conditions surrounding it, just as the reflection of the moon on water is distorted by the waves, or the vanguard of an army may be intimidated by the blades of the enemy.
	www.hokkeko.ca /chapter12.htm (12111 words)

	Epigrams from Gandhiji
		Dharma is one and one only, Ahimsa means Moksha, and Moksha is the realization of truth.
		Ahimsa is the height of Kshatriya dharma as it represents the climax of fearlessness.
		That is dharma which is enjoined by the holy books, followed by the sages, interpreted by the learned and which appealed to the heart.
	www.mkgandhi.org /epigrams/r.htm (3288 words)

	Buddhism - Life of the Buddha at the Karmapa website
		He was a member of the Kshatriya, or royal warrior caste, and his clan lineage, the Gautamas, was ancient and pure.
		Buddha gave his first discourse in Deer Park in Benares, which is known as "the first turning of the wheel of dharma." In this discourse, he taught the four noble truths, the interdependent nature, and the law of karma, at the request of Indra and Brahma.
		The teachings of this period are known as the third turning of the wheel of dharma, in which Buddha taught a variety of subjects, including the notion that all sentient beings possess tathagata-garbha - the basic heart of buddha.
	www.kagyuoffice.org /buddhism.lifeofthebuddha.html (1326 words)

	Importance of Story Telling in Sanatana Dharma
		Dharma, etymologically from the root dhr., “to sustain” or “to uphold,” has been given diverse meanings in various Indian schools of thought.
		He was the philosopher king (a Kshatriya) to whom sages sent their sons/disciples to gather knowledge of Brahman.
		The dharma of one’s svabhava, native to one’s nature—a Kshatriya’s svabhavika dharma is other than a Brahmin’s.
	www.boloji.com /hinduism/049.htm (2996 words)

	Miscellany » Coffeehouse » coffeeHouse » Intellectual Hindu Kshatriya is Ram or Ravan? on Sulekha ...
		The Hindu Kshatriya tradition is not one of aggression but of protection, not of forcing conversion to a religion but upholding the Dharma.
		This movement of a new spiritual Kshatriya of modern Hindus needs to be completed today, not only for the generation of Hindu society but for the revival of Sanatana Dharma or the universal tradition of truth throughout the world.
		This new Kshatriya must be willing to spread Hindu Dharma in a dynamic way along the lines of the old Vedic impulse, krinvanto vishwam aryam, make all the world noble.
	www.sulekha.com /groups/postdisplay.aspx?cid=725191&forumid=756919 (10602 words)

	The VarnAsham System (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Puruíhsûkta states that the Brâhmaß (priest) was created from the face, the Kshatriya (warrior) from the arms, the Vaishya (businessman) from the chest and the Shûdra (labourer) from the legs of the Universal Being.
		Kshatriyas began to forget that their duty was to protect subjects and that their ultimate aim was attainment of Brahman (Self-realisation) and began to perform fire sacrifices (yadnyas) to acquire more and more power and victory.
		Kshatriyas (warriors) forgot valour and their ultimate aim and resorted to malicious conduct and politics.
	www.hindujagruti.org /eng/page.php?id=97 (4123 words)

	Kshatriya - meaning of word
		According to the Hindu code of Manu (Hinduism), a Kshatriya is a member of the military or reigning order, the second ranking caste of the India ''Varna (caste)'' system of four castes, the first being the Brahmin or priestly caste, the third the Vaishya or mercantile caste and the lowest the Shudra.
		The Maratha ruler Shivaji was from Kshatriya origins: his mother was a Yadava and father was a minister general, a Kunbi kshatriya.
		In addition to the Marathas, there are other Kshatriya communities in India, such as the Kunbis, Kurmis, Yadavs, Janjuas etc. that were likely members of other agrarian clans which were the original source of all martial traditions and the original source of kings of Bharat.
	www.wordsonline.org /Kshatriya (2848 words)

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