Kṣatriya
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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit) · Vīramitrodaya (Sanskrit) · Nāradasmṛti (Sanskrit) · Parāśara Smṛti (Sanskrit)
a Kṣatriya attains lordship of the earth;
in the texts
Manusmṛti
The warrior/ruling varna, addressed in marriage and hospitality rules.
these two and one of his own *varna* for a Kṣatriya;
A Kṣatriya is not called a guest in a Brāhmaṇa's house, nor are a Vaiśya, a Śūdra, a friend, a kinsman, or a *guru*.
The `Gāndharva` and `Rākṣasa` marriages, whether performed separately or mixed, are declared to be lawful for a Kṣatriya.
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The warrior-ruler class, described in the varna order and in the phalaśruti passage.
a Kṣatriya attains lordship of the earth;
The kṣatriyas were guided by the brāhmaṇas;
"Can it be that this one, still wrathful over his father's slaying, intends to annihilate the kṣatriyas?
Kātyāyana Smṛti
The warrior/ruling caste, eligible for judicial appointment when no Brahmana is available.
Where a Brāhmaṇa is not available, a Kṣatriya should be appointed, or a Vaiśya who knows the scriptures of Dharma.
To a Kṣatriya, the ordeal of fire;
Slavery is in the natural order of the castes, not in the reverse order, for a Kṣatriya, Vaiśya, and Śūdra who renounce their independence.
Nāradasmṛti
The warrior/ruling social class governed by specific marriage and mourning-period rules.
A Kṣatriya woman should wait for six years;
a Kṣatriya woman may have one other husband.
In the marriage of Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas, and Śūdras, a wife of one's own class is best, and for a woman, a husband of her own class.
Parāśara Smṛti
The warrior/ruling varṇa, assigned intermediate penance obligations across the passage's graduated purity rules.
A Brāhmaṇa should perform the Sāṃtapana penance;
If a Brāhmaṇa woman touches a Kṣatriya woman when both are *rajasvalā*, // Par_7.
If a *caṇḍāla* is killed by a Kṣatriya, a Vaiśya, a Śūdra, or another, he is purified by half a Kṛcchra penance.
Slokantara
The warrior/ruling class, bound to martial courage as their defining duty.
That is its use for the warrior class.
Such is the destruction of a Kṣatriya who retreats from battle.
Furthermore, the Kṣatriyas and the ministers must all hold fast to their respective duties, for they are born as the highest people in the world.
Vīramitrodaya
One of the four varṇas (also called 'kings'), central to debate over eleventh-day versus end-of-impurity śrāddha timing.
> A Kṣatriya, etc.
Therefore, by Kṣatriyas, etc.
> For a Brahmin, there are ten *piṇḍas*;
Yājñavalkya Smṛti
The warrior/ruling varṇa, assigned an intermediate penalty in the caste-graded fine for defiling a twice-born with food.
the middle for a Kṣatriya, the lowest for a Vaiśya, and half of that for a Śūdra.
For a Kṣatriya, twelve days;
A Brāhmaṇa attains worthiness, a Kṣatriya becomes victorious, and a Vaiśya becomes rich in grain and wealth, from mastering this scripture.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The warrior/ruling class, cast here as the wrongdoer who seizes a brahmin's cow and suffers ruin.
be the curse of the brahman-wronger.
O Āṅgirasī, make subservient the brahman-wronger who seizes.
O goddess Aghniyā, burn the brahman-wronger from the root throughout.
Rigveda
The ruling/warrior class whose social order depends on respecting the Brahman's wife.
thus the realm of the Kṣatriya is protected.
Āṅgirasa Smṛti
The warrior/ruling caste, subject to specific rules on assembly composition and penance duration distinct from Brahmins.
For a Kṣatriya, half is obtained;
The assembly (*pariṣad* (परिषद्)) for kings is remembered as double that of Brahmins, and for Vaiśyas, it is triple;
A Brahmin for Brahmins, a reader for Kṣatriyas, and the questioner for Vaiśyas—they are remembered as the givers of the vow.
Viṣṇu Smṛti
The warrior and ruling varṇa, second of the four social orders.
For defiling a Kṣatriya, half of that.
For a Kṣatriya, the protection of the earth.
The duty of a Kṣatriya is constant practice with arms.