kshatriya (kṣatriya)

(Language: Sanskrit)

Alternate Spellings: ksatriya

Short Description: a member of the second highest of the four Hindu castes

Long Description: a member of the second highest of the four Hindu castes; a warrior or prince. (Also includes politicians, officers, and civil authorities.) The distinctive quality of the kshatriya is a combative and noble nature that tends toward glory and heroism.

Sources: The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, by Frithjof Schuon, edited by Dr. James S. Cutsinger