Brahmakshatriya

• Sena Dynasty: The founder of the Sena rule was Samantasena who described himself as a Brahma-Kshatriya of Karnataka (Karnataka).{{cite book |last1=Paniker |first1=K. Ayyappa |title=Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections |year=1997 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-260-0365-5 |page=22 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KYLpvaKJIMEC&dq=sena+dynasty+caste+brahmin+kshatriyas&pg=PA22 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Das |first1=Sitanshu |title=Indian Nationalism: Study in Evolution |year=1999 |publisher=Har-Anand Publications |page=81 |isbn=9788124106204 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bA1uAAAAMAAJ&q=sena+dynasty+caste+brahmin+kshatriyas |language=en}} He stated that he "singly slaughtered the wicked robbers of the wealth of Karnata (i.e., Karnataka)".{{Cite book |last=Paul |first=Pramode Lal |title=The Early History Of Bengal Vol.i. |year=1939 |pages=87}} The inscriptions of the Sena kings mention them as Brahma-Kshatriyas (Brahmins who ruled as Kshatriyas) or Kshatriyas.{{cite book | author= Ronald. B. Inden |title= Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture : A History of Caste and Clan in Middle Period Bengal|date= January 1976| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P8b9A7J_v-UC&q=sena+kings+were+ambastha&pg=PA60 | page=60|publisher= University of California Press|isbn= 9780520025691}}

In Kerala, only the sons of a Nambuthiri father and a Kshatriya mother were recognized as Brahmakshatriya by the Nambuthiri Brahmins, while the son of a Brahmakshatriya father and a non-Kshatriya mother was regarded as non-Kshatriya. The Nambudiri Brahmins and Samantha Arasu Ballalas of Kasaragod are examples of Brahmkshatriyas by descent, while the Nambiathiri and Nambidi sect of Nambudiri Brahmins are Brahmkshatriyas by adopting a martial tradition.{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/underbotreestudi0000yalm |title=Under the Bo Tree |publisher=University of California Press |year=1967 |isbn=9780520020542 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/underbotreestudi0000yalm/page/371 371]– |url-access=registration |accessdate=2 August 2011}}

In Gujarat, the Brahmakshatriyas as a community exists that bears cross caste identity.{{Cite journal |last=Dinnell |first=Darry |date=2021-04-01 |title=Review of The Other Rāma: Matricide and Genocide in the Mythology of Paraśurāma |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s42240-021-00095-1 |journal=Journal of Dharma Studies |language=en |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=155–157 |doi=10.1007/s42240-021-00095-1 |s2cid=233676041 |issn=2522-0934}} They are generally considered as a writer caste.{{Cite journal |last=Isaka |first=Riho |date=2002-04-01 |title=Language and dominance: The debates over the Gujarati language in the late nineteenth century |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/00856400208723463 |journal=South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=1–19 |doi=10.1080/00856400208723463 |s2cid=144468128 |issn=0085-6401}}{{Cite book |last=Shah |first=A.M. |title=The Structure of Indian Society: then and now |publisher=Routledge |year=210 |pages=175}} Nagar Thatta is believed to be their original home, from where they came to Kutch around 400 years ago and were called Kutchi Brahmakshatriya and then into Ahmedabad which are called Gujarati Brahmakshatriyas.{{Cite book |last=Lal |first=R. B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Cy_-FXW9BQC&dq=raysipotra+tribe&pg=PA487 |title=Gujarat |date=2003 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7991-104-4 |pages=266 |language=en}}

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