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'''Kshatriya''' (Skt. ''kṣatriya''; Tib. རྒྱལ་རིགས་ , [[Wyl.]] ''rgyal rigs'') | '''Kshatriya''' (Skt. ''kṣatriya''; Tib. རྒྱལ་རིགས་, [[Wyl.]] ''rgyal rigs'') means “warrior” or “royalty”; the second of the four castes of traditional Indian society, along with priests, merchants, and servants. As the son of the [[Shakya]] king, [[Shuddhodana]], the soon-to-be [[Shakyamuni Buddha|Buddha Gautama]] belonged to the kshatriya caste. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:01, 21 November 2020
Kshatriya (Skt. kṣatriya; Tib. རྒྱལ་རིགས་, Wyl. rgyal rigs) means “warrior” or “royalty”; the second of the four castes of traditional Indian society, along with priests, merchants, and servants. As the son of the Shakya king, Shuddhodana, the soon-to-be Buddha Gautama belonged to the kshatriya caste.