क्षत्र

Monier-Williams · kṣatra
kṣatrá n. (√1. kṣi? ‖ g. ardharcâdi) sg. and pl. dominion, supremacy, power, might (whether human or supernatural, especially applied to the power of Varuṇa-Mitra and Indra) RV. AV. VS. ŚBr. ii ‖ xi ‖ sg. and pl. government, governing body RV. AV. VS. x, 17 TBr. ii ‖ the military or reigning order (the members of which in the earliest times, as represented by the Vedic hymns, were generally called Rājanya, not Kshatriya ‖ afterwards, when the difference between Brahman and Kshatra or the priestly and civil authorities became more distinct, applied to the second or reigning or military ca