Parashurama then destroyed the kshatriya (" warrior ") race 21 times and his father is resurrected by divine grace.

The stratification of Hindu society into the caste system saw the warrior caste or kshatriya setting itself apart on hereditary lines ; one assertion of which was the right to eat certain animals.

In Hinduism, Atri () or Attri is a legendary bard and scholar and was one of 9 Prajapatis, and a son of Brahma, said to be ancestor of some Brahmin, Prajapatis, kshatriya and Vaishya communities who adopt Atri as their gotra.

Gatka originated in what is now northwest India and neighbouring Pakistan, its techniques ultimately rooted in the fighting methods of the medieval Panjab is, Rajputs, Gurjaras and the kshatriya caste in general.

" He further says " Of course, this is much known that he sent a request of share of the bones and ashes of the Buddha ; but his justification for this request was that " I am a kshatriya and so was the Buddha " and then he erected an altar on the bones.

One kantura vashudev general of kshatriya established his regime on the northern border of garhwal and founded his capital in joshimath then Kartikeypur vashudev katyuri was the founder of katyura dynasty in Garhwal and they reign Garhwal over hundreds of years in this period of katyuri regime Aadi-Guru Sankaracharya visited garhwal and established Jyotrimath which is one of the four famous Peeths established by Aadi-Guru Sankaracharya.

Society is described as best ruled by a benevolent kshatriya sovereign, who is to govern according to rules set by scriptural tradition and preserved by self-controlled and pure-hearted spiritual leaders ( brahmanas ).

When Arjuna came and asked for the five golden imbued arrows, Duryodhana was shocked, but knowing full well his honour and duty as a kshatriya declared, " I will give you the five golden arrows.

Both the Buddha and Mahavira were by birth kshatriya, the varna ( social order ) of soldiers and officials.

Originally belonging to the kshatriya caste of kings and warriors, he rose by pure merit to a Brahmarishi.

They still perform the kshatriya responsibility, and remain similar to most rishis, maharishis and brahmarishis in their level of spiritual knowledge.

Based on the account of the Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang, who visited in AD 644, it seems that in later times Kapisa was part of a kingdom ruled by a Buddhist kshatriya king holding sway over ten neighboring states, including Lampaka, Nagarahara, Gandhara, and Banu.

A kshatriya tribe known as the Maurya's are referred to in the earliest Buddhist texts, Mahaparinibbana Sutta.

Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion, was born into a kshatriya family, as were many of his first disciples.

Duryodhana was ashamed, but being a kshatriya, he asked Arjuna what benediction or boon he would like.

Note the similarity of the castes to the four varnas ( shudra, vaishya, kshatriya, brahmin ) of India.

The upward mobility and kshatriya pretensions of the Nadars of the six towns of Ramanad caused resentment among both the Vellalar and the Maravar castes, who were ritually ranked above the Nadars.

Pullapilly describes that this meant they "... were given kshatriya functions, but only shudra status.

The Brahmins treated almost all of those who acceded to their priestly status as sudra, permitting only a small number to be recognised as kshatriya, these being some of the local rulers who co-operated with them.

Drona similarly rejected Karna, as he did not belong to the kshatriya caste.

He lived on in the Dvapara Yuga, having a great duel with Bhishma for Amba's sake ( and losing ), and he taught Karna how to use the Brahmastra and cursed him when he found out that he was not a Brahmin but a kshatriya.

Even harder penance wins him the status of rishi, and rising to the brahmin order from the kshatriya order.

The Kambojas (, Kamboja ;, Kambūh ) were a kshatriya tribe of Iron Age India, frequently mentioned in Sanskrit and Pali literature.

Numerous clan names overlap with those of other kshatriyas and the Rajput castes of the north-west India, suggesting that some of the kshatriya and Rajput clans of the north-west have descended from the ancient Kambojas.

The kshatriya sovereign ( like courts in many democratic states ) may also order capital punishment.

Its function is to separate from the base ruled mass, among whom private ownership prevails, the governing warrior elite.

In More's Utopia communism is not a means of separating out a warrior elite from the lumpish mass.

A player may intend, for example, to create a character who is a strong, mighty warrior, but being " outplayed " in the auction may result in lower attribute scores than anticipated, therefore necessitating a change of character concept.

The 7th century: de: Schwertscheide von Gutenstein | Gutenstein scabbard, found near Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, is a late testimony of pagan ritual in Alemannia, showing a warrior in ritual wolf costume, holding a ring-spatha.

In particular, there is no change in burial practice, and tumulus warrior graves continued to be erected throughout Merovingian times.

He is the cousin of Achilles, the most remembered Greek warrior, and is the elder half-brother of Teucer.

After Achilles, Ajax is the most valuable warrior in Agamemnon's army ( along with Diomedes ), though he is not as cunning as Nestor, Diomedes, Idomeneus, or Odysseus, he is much more powerful and just as intelligent.

By the end of the novel, the elite cavalry wing is led by a dashing young warrior prince named Artos, whom Sutcliff postulates to be the real Arthur.

Head spirit is a native warrior.

Unfortunately ( as the two find out when they pay a visit on Lycus ), Philia has been promised to the renowned warrior Miles Gloriosus, who is on his way to claim her.

Beowulf prepares himself for battle ; he is presented with a sword, Hrunting, by Unferth, a warrior who had doubted him and wishes to make amends.

Mu Bai is also a good friend of Yu Shu Lien ( Michelle Yeoh ), a female warrior.

Columba is historically revered as a warrior saint, and was often invoked for victory in battle.

Sahrawi-Moorish society in Northwest Africa was traditionally ( and still is, to some extent ) stratified into several tribal classes, with the Hassane warrior tribes ruling and extracting tribute-horma-from the subservient Znaga tribes.

An often-published Geometric period bronze of a warrior face-to-face with a centaur is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

He is depicted as a righteous king, though not without faults, as well as an acclaimed warrior, musician, and poet, traditionally credited for composing many of the psalms contained in the Book of Psalms.

The island is a haven for several types of crustacean ; " warrior crabs " ( Cardisoma carnifex ) overrun the jungle at night.

In Culhwch and Olwen, it is one of Arthur's most valuable possessions and is used by Arthur's warrior Llenlleawg the Irishman to kill the Irish king Diwrnach while stealing his magical cauldron.

The song's title derives from the line " when two great warrior tribes go to war ", from the film Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior ( the line is also spoken by Holly Johnson at the beginning of the session version ).

There is also a broader definition, as described by Marc Bloch ( 1939 ), that includes not only warrior nobility but all three estates of the realm: the nobility, the clerics, and the peasantry bonds of manorialism ; this is sometimes referred to as a " feudal society ".