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ब्रह्मक्षत्र (brahmakSatra)

 
Capeller Eng
English
ब्रह्मक्षत्र
n.
sgl.
&
du.
Brahmans and warriors.
Spoken Sanskrit
English
ब्रह्मक्षत्र brahmakSatra
n.
Brahmans and kSatriyas
Monier Williams Cologne
English
ब्रह्म—क्षत्र
n.
sg. and
du.
Brāhmans and Kṣatriyas,
AitBr.
VP.
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Brahma-kṣatra, Brahma-kṣatriya (EI 5, 12, 24), a Kṣatriya
family claiming descent from a Brāhmaṇa parent
a family in
which the blood of the Brāhmaṇas and Kṣatriyas has been
mixed. See Vishveshvaranand Ind. Journ., Vol. I, pp. 87 ff., etc.
In one record (Journ. Karnatak Univ., Vol. II, No 2, January
1959, p. 47), the Nāgavaṃśa, to which a Kadamba king's
minister Māyideva belonged, is called Brahma-kṣatra because it
originated from the intercourse of its progenitor Nāgarāja with
a Brāhmaṇa girl. Brahma-vaiśya should be likewise explained.
Capeller
German
ब्रह्मक्षत्र
n.
Sgl. u. Du. Brahmane u. Krieger.