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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

KSHATRIYA; KSHATRUYA

KSHATRIYA; KSHATRUYA Ksha "tri *ya, Ksha "tru *ya, n.Etym: [Skr. kshatriya one belonging to the military caste. ]

 

Defn: The military caste, the second of the four great Hindoo castes; also, a member of that caste. See Caste. [India ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Kshatriya

Kshat ri ya |k (ə )ˈSHätrēə (kə )ˈʃɑtri (j )ə | ▶noun a member of the second of the four great Hindu castes, the military caste. The traditional function of the Kshatriyas is to protect society by fighting in wartime and governing in peacetime. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Sanskrit kṣatriya, from kṣhatra ‘rule, authority. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

Kshatriya

Kshatriya |ˈkʃatrɪə | ▶noun a member of the second of the four great Hindu castes, the military caste. The traditional function of the Kshatriyas is to protect society by fighting in wartime and governing in peacetime. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from Sanskrit kṣatriya, from kṣhatra ‘rule, authority ’.