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| ⚫ | The '''Samantha Kshatriya''' are a community of [[Kerala]], India. They were historically ruling elites and feudal land owners in the [[Kingdom of Cochin]] and [[Kingdom of Travancore]].<ref name="fuller"/> Despite their nomenclature suggesting that they are a part of the [[Kshatriya]] class in the Hindu ritual ranking system known as [[Varna (Hinduism)|varna]], that system has never existed in South India.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Politics of Cultural Nationalism in South India |first=Marguerite Ross |last=Barnett |author-link=Marguerite Ross Barnett |year=2015 |orig-year=1976 |publisher=Princeton University Press |pages=15-16 |isbn=978-0-69164-407-3}}</ref> Anthropologist [[Chris Fuller (academic)|Christopher Fuller]], suggests such claims are vanity and that "most unbiased observers ... have concluded that the Kshatriya and Samanthan subdivisions should be treated merely as supereminent [[Nair|Nayar]] subdivisions". The notable exception to that scholarly consensus is the sociologist [[Louis Dumont]].<ref name="fuller">{{Cite journal|last=Fuller|first=Christopher J. |author-link=Chris Fuller (academic)|date=December 1975|title=The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste |jstor=3629883 |journal=Journal of Anthropological Research |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=283–312 |doi=10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883 |issn=0091-7710}}</ref> |
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The Samantha Kshatriya are a community of Kerala, India. They were historically ruling elites and feudal land owners in the Kingdom of Cochin and Kingdom of Travancore.[1] Despite their nomenclature suggesting that they are a part of the Kshatriya class in the Hindu ritual ranking system known as varna, that system has never existed in South India.[2] Anthropologist Christopher Fuller, suggests such claims are vanity and that "most unbiased observers ... have concluded that the Kshatriya and Samanthan subdivisions should be treated merely as supereminent Nayar subdivisions". The notable exception to that scholarly consensus is the sociologist Louis Dumont.[1]
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- ^ a b Fuller, Christopher J. (December 1975). "The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste". Journal of Anthropological Research. 31 (4): 283–312. doi:10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883. ISSN 0091-7710. JSTOR 3629883.
- ^ Barnett, Marguerite Ross (2015) [1976]. The Politics of Cultural Nationalism in South India. Princeton University Press. pp. 15–16. ISBN 978-0-69164-407-3.