Kshatriya

Kshatriya (Sanskrit क्षत्रिय, m. , Kṣatriya, Warrior) is in the Indian caste system, the name given to the members of the second object ( Varna), which originally consisted mainly of warriors, princes and kings (Raja ).

It was their job to protect the community and therefore are energy and spirit of enterprise ( rajas ) as desirable lines of their character. The true Kshatriya should oppose the falsehood that must be available in order to preserve the righteous system, law and justice, as well as welfare and prosperity of a country, as well as the basic moral order and orientation of the people. Moreover, aid the weak and in distress was one of his tasks.

In the Upanishads, the Kshatriyas are often involved in dialogue form. Not infrequently, they are the ones which the actual innovations " are placed in the mouth ". It was and is not rare that Brahmins hold political offices, such as the ministerial office.

The Purushasukta in the 10th book of Rig-Veda, describes how the various castes are while of a victim from the Purusha, the divine primeval giant, emerged. Were out of the mouth while the Brahmins, the Kshatriyas from the arms, the legs were from the Vaishya and Shudra from the feet of the.

Today, Kshatriyas will not come to the high value as in previous societies. In their original profession, politics, today a variety of interest groups is active, and the political power they had been around since the times of the Islamic empires no longer held in northern India. In the military sector, especially the Sikhs were able to establish.

Large groups of Kshatriya castes are represented mainly in northern India. However, they also present in the village environment as landowners a power factor represents a Kshatriya caste are eg the Rajputs in North India and Nayar in South India.