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Kiryathil Nair

2026-08-06T17:27:55Z

Vidhya:

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox Ethnic group
|image =
|caption =
|group = Kiryathil Nair
|pop =
|popplace = Mostly in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and Northern parts of [[Kingdom_of_Cochin|Kingdom of Cochin]]
|languages = [[Malayalam]]
|religions =
|related = [[Nair]]s
}}
'''Kiryathil Nair''' or Kiriyathu Nair is a high-ranking Nair sub-caste, or a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon various subdivisions of the Vratya-Kshatriya Nair community<ref>Vaidya, Chintaman Vinayak (January 1986). ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.189154/page/n293/mode/2up?q=Nair+ Downfall Of Hindu India]''. Gyan Publishing House. p. 293. ISBN <bdi>978-8121200509</bdi>.

<q>''This land of Namboodiri Brahmins and Nair Kshatriyas sent out a religious invasion under Sankara which subjugated the whole of India''.</q></ref> in the regions of [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and northern part of [[Kingdom of Cochin]] in present-day [[Kerala]], India. They were the martial aristocracy of the region.

Kiriyathil Nairs are a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon the foremost subcastes of the Nair community in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]]. [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)|Nambiar]] and [[Kurup]] from the Purathu Chārna Nairs, as well as [[Menon (subcaste)|Menon]] and [[Panicker]] from the Akathu Chārna Nairs , [[Eradi|Eradi Nairs]], Vellāma Nair-Nambiār-Menon, Mannadiyar and certain other Nair sub-castes in Malabar districts, received this elite status. According to early reports, more than ten castes in Malabar were recieved and part of the Kiriyathil Nair list. These groups were related to other recognized Nair sub-castes.<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=kTNRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA156&dq=Kiriyathil+nayar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjj-vfvIyWAxX4c_UHHYXtCMkQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q=Kiriyathil%20nayar&f=false</ref>

==Social status==
The Kiryathil Nair is the highest class among Nairs in [[Malabar Coast|Malabar districts]]. The caste boundary between Kiryathil Nair and some Samanthan Nair ([[Eradi]] usually elevated or related to Kiriyathil Nairs) in south Malabar is very vague and therefore some families among the Kiryathils in the course of time may be recognised as Samanthan Nair and vice versa.<ref name="C.Fuller">{{cite journal |last=Fuller |first=Christopher J. |date=1975 |title=The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste |journal=Journal of Anthropological Research |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=283–312 |doi=10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883 |jstor=3629883|s2cid=163592798 }}</ref>

Kiryathil Nairs were feudal lords, known as [[Naduvazhi|Naduvazhi or Deshavazhi]], and controlled a limited number of militiamen known as Charnavars under their command. These soldiers usually belonged to the [[Swaroopathil_Nair|Purattu Charna Nair]] subcaste.<ref name="K.Gough">[[Kathleen Gough|Gough, E. Kathleen]] (1961). "Nayars: Central Kerala". In Schneider, David Murray; Gough, E. Kathleen. Matrilineal Kinship. University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-02529-5}}. Retrieved 2011-06-09.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)]]
* [[Mannadiyar]]
* [[Menon (subcaste)]]
* [[Eradi]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070901154501/http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/main.htm#content#content Digital Colonial Documents (India)]

[[Category:Nair]]

Kiryathil Nair

2026-08-06T17:19:22Z

Vidhya:

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox Ethnic group
|image =
|caption =
|group = Kiryathil Nair
|pop =
|popplace = Mostly in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and Northern parts of [[Kingdom_of_Cochin|Kingdom of Cochin]]
|languages = [[Malayalam]]
|religions =
|related = [[Nair]]s
}}
'''Kiryathil Nair''' or Kiriyathu Nair is a high-ranking Nair sub-caste, or a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon various subdivisions of the Vratya-Kshatriya Nair community<ref>Vaidya, Chintaman Vinayak (January 1986). ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.189154/page/n293/mode/2up?q=Nair+ Downfall Of Hindu India]''. Gyan Publishing House. p. 293. ISBN <bdi>978-8121200509</bdi>.

<q>''This land of Namboodiri Brahmins and Nair Kshatriyas sent out a religious invasion under Sankara which subjugated the whole of India''.</q></ref> in the regions of [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and northern part of [[Kingdom of Cochin]] in present-day [[Kerala]], India. They were the martial aristocracy of the region.

Kiriyathil Nairs are a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon the foremost subcastes of the Nair community in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]]. [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)|Nambiar]] and [[Kurup]] from the Purathu Chārna Nairs, as well as [[Menon (subcaste)|Menon]] and [[Panicker]] from the Akathu Chārna Nairs , [[Eradi|Eradi Nairs]], Vellāma Nair-Nambiār-Menon, Mannadiyar and certain other Nair sub-castes in Malabar districts, received this elite status. According to early reports, more than ten castes in Malabar were recieved and part of the Kiriyathil Nair list. These groups were related to other recognized Nair sub-castes.<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=kTNRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA156&dq=Kiriyathil+nayar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjj-vfvIyWAxX4c_UHHYXtCMkQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q=Kiriyathil%20nayar&f=false</ref>

==Social status==
The Kiryathil Nair is the highest class among Nairs in [[Malabar Coast|Malabar districts]]. The caste boundary between Kiryathil Nair and some Samanthan Nair ([[Eradi]] usually elevated or related to Kiriyathil Nairs) in south Malabar is very vague and therefore some families among the Kiryathils in the course of time may be recognised as Samanthan Nair and vice versa.<ref name="C.Fuller">{{cite journal |last=Fuller |first=Christopher J. |date=1975 |title=The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste |journal=Journal of Anthropological Research |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=283–312 |doi=10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883 |jstor=3629883|s2cid=163592798 }}</ref>

Kiryathil Nairs were feudal lords, known as [[Naduvazhi|Naduvazhi or Deshavazhi]], and controlled a limited number of militiamen known as Charnavars under their command. These soldiers usually belonged to the [[Swaroopathil_Nair|Purattu Charna Nair]] subcaste.<ref name="K.Gough">[[Kathleen Gough|Gough, E. Kathleen]] (1961). "Nayars: Central Kerala". In Schneider, David Murray; Gough, E. Kathleen. Matrilineal Kinship. University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-02529-5}}. Retrieved 2011-06-09.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)]]
* [[Mannadiyar]]
* [[Menon (subcaste)]]
* [[Panicker]]
* [[Eradi]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070901154501/http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/main.htm#content#content Digital Colonial Documents (India)]

[[Category:Nair]]

Kiryathil Nair

2026-08-06T17:18:51Z

Vidhya:

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox Ethnic group
|image =
|caption =
|group = Kiryathil Nair
|pop =
|popplace = Mostly in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and Northern parts of [[Kingdom_of_Cochin|Kingdom of Cochin]]
|languages = [[Malayalam]]
|religions =
|related = [[Nair]]s
}}
'''Kiryathil Nair''' or Kiriyathu Nair is a high-ranking Nair sub-caste, or a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon various subdivisions of the Vratya-Kshatriya Nair community<ref>Vaidya, Chintaman Vinayak (January 1986). ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.189154/page/n293/mode/2up?q=Nair+ Downfall Of Hindu India]''. Gyan Publishing House. p. 293. ISBN <bdi>978-8121200509</bdi>.

<q>''This land of Namboodiri Brahmins and Nair Kshatriyas sent out a religious invasion under Sankara which subjugated the whole of India''.</q></ref> in the regions of [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and northern part of [[Kingdom of Cochin]] in present-day [[Kerala]], India. They were the martial aristocracy of the region.

Kiriyathil Nairs are a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon the foremost subcastes of the Nair community in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]]. [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)|Nambiar]] and [[Kurup]] from the Purathu Chārna Nairs, as well as [[Menon (subcaste)|Menon]] and [[Panicker]] from the Akathu Chārna Nairs , [[Eradi|Eradi Nairs]], Vellāma Nair-Nambiār-Menon and certain other Nair sub-castes in Malabar districts, received this elite status. According to early reports, more than ten castes in Malabar were recieved and part of the Kiriyathil Nair list. These groups were related to other recognized Nair sub-castes.<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=kTNRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA156&dq=Kiriyathil+nayar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjj-vfvIyWAxX4c_UHHYXtCMkQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q=Kiriyathil%20nayar&f=false</ref>

==Social status==
The Kiryathil Nair is the highest class among Nairs in [[Malabar Coast|Malabar districts]]. The caste boundary between Kiryathil Nair and some Samanthan Nair ([[Eradi]] usually elevated or related to Kiriyathil Nairs) in south Malabar is very vague and therefore some families among the Kiryathils in the course of time may be recognised as Samanthan Nair and vice versa.<ref name="C.Fuller">{{cite journal |last=Fuller |first=Christopher J. |date=1975 |title=The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste |journal=Journal of Anthropological Research |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=283–312 |doi=10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883 |jstor=3629883|s2cid=163592798 }}</ref>

Kiryathil Nairs were feudal lords, known as [[Naduvazhi|Naduvazhi or Deshavazhi]], and controlled a limited number of militiamen known as Charnavars under their command. These soldiers usually belonged to the [[Swaroopathil_Nair|Purattu Charna Nair]] subcaste.<ref name="K.Gough">[[Kathleen Gough|Gough, E. Kathleen]] (1961). "Nayars: Central Kerala". In Schneider, David Murray; Gough, E. Kathleen. Matrilineal Kinship. University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-02529-5}}. Retrieved 2011-06-09.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)]]
* [[Mannadiyar]]
* [[Menon (subcaste)]]
* [[Panicker]]
* [[Eradi]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070901154501/http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/main.htm#content#content Digital Colonial Documents (India)]

[[Category:Nair]]

Kiryathil Nair

2026-08-06T17:18:15Z

Vidhya:

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox Ethnic group
|image =
|caption =
|group = Kiryathil Nair
|pop =
|popplace = Mostly in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and Northern parts of [[Kingdom_of_Cochin|Kingdom of Cochin]]
|languages = [[Malayalam]]
|religions =
|related = [[Nair]]s
}}
'''Kiryathil Nair''' or Kiriyathu Nair is a high-ranking Nair sub-caste, or a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon various subdivisions of the Vratya-Kshatriya Nair community<ref>Vaidya, Chintaman Vinayak (January 1986). ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.189154/page/n293/mode/2up?q=Nair+ Downfall Of Hindu India]''. Gyan Publishing House. p. 293. ISBN <bdi>978-8121200509</bdi>.

<q>''This land of Namboodiri Brahmins and Nair Kshatriyas sent out a religious invasion under Sankara which subjugated the whole of India''.</q></ref> in the regions of [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and northern part of [[Kingdom of Cochin]] in present-day [[Kerala]], India. They were the martial aristocracy of the region.

Kiriyathil Nairs are a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon the foremost subcastes of the Nair community in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]]. [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)|Nambiar]] and [[Kurup]] from the Purathu Chārna Nairs, as well as [[Menon (subcaste)|Menon]] and [[Panicker]] from the Akathu Chārna Nairs , [[Eradi|Eradi Nairs]], Vellāma Nair-Nambiār-Menon and certain other Nair sub-castes in Malabar districts, received this elite status. According to early reports, more than ten castes in Malabar were recieved and part of the Kiriyathil Nair list. These groups were related to other recognized Nair sub-castes.<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=kTNRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA156&dq=Kiriyathil+nayar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjj-vfvIyWAxX4c_UHHYXtCMkQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q=Kiriyathil%20nayar&f=false</ref>

==Social status==
The Kiryathil Nair is the highest class among Nairs in [[Malabar Coast|Malabar districts]]. The caste boundary between Kiryathil Nair and some Samanthan Nair ([[Eradi]] usually elevated or related to Kiriyathil Nairs) in south Malabar is very vague and therefore some families among the Kiryathils in the course of time may be recognised as Samanthan Nair and vice versa.<ref name="C.Fuller">{{cite journal |last=Fuller |first=Christopher J. |date=1975 |title=The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste |journal=Journal of Anthropological Research |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=283–312 |doi=10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883 |jstor=3629883|s2cid=163592798 }}</ref>

Kiryathil Nairs were feudal lords, known as [[Naduvazhi|Naduvazhi or Deshavazhi]], and controlled a limited number of militiamen known as Charnavars under their command. These soldiers usually belonged to the [[Swaroopathil_Nair|Purattu Charna Nair]] subcaste.<ref name="K.Gough">[[Kathleen Gough|Gough, E. Kathleen]] (1961). "Nayars: Central Kerala". In Schneider, David Murray; Gough, E. Kathleen. Matrilineal Kinship. University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-02529-5}}. Retrieved 2011-06-09.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)]]
* [[Menon (subcaste)]]
* [[Panicker]]
* [[Eradi]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070901154501/http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/main.htm#content#content Digital Colonial Documents (India)]

[[Category:Nair]]

Kiryathil Nair

2026-08-06T17:17:52Z

Vidhya:

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox Ethnic group
|image =
|caption =
|group = Kiryathil Nair
|pop =
|popplace = Mostly in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and Northern parts of [[Kingdom_of_Cochin|Kingdom of Cochin]]
|languages = [[Malayalam]]
|religions =
|related = [[Nair]]s
}}
'''Kiryathil Nair''' or Kiriyathu Nair is a high-ranking Nair sub-caste, or a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon various subdivisions of the Vratya-Kshatriya Nair community<ref>Vaidya, Chintaman Vinayak (January 1986). ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.189154/page/n293/mode/2up?q=Nair+ Downfall Of Hindu India]''. Gyan Publishing House. p. 293. ISBN <bdi>978-8121200509</bdi>.

<q>''This land of Namboodiri Brahmins and Nair Kshatriyas sent out a religious invasion under Sankara which subjugated the whole of India''.</q></ref> in the regions of [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and northern part of [[Kingdom of Cochin]] in present-day [[Kerala]], India. They were the martial aristocracy of the region.

Kiriyathil Nairs are a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon the foremost subcastes of the Nair community in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]]. [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)|Nambiar]] and [[Kurup]] from the Purathu Chārna Nairs, as well as [[Menon (subcaste)|Menon]] and [[Panicker]] from the Akathu Chārna Nairs , [[Eradi|Eradi Nairs]], Vellāma Nair-Nambiār-Menon and certain other Nair sub-castes in Malabar districts, received this elite status. According to early reports, more than ten castes in Malabar were recieved and part of the Kiriyathil Nair list. These groups were related to other recognized Nair sub-castes.<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=kTNRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA156&dq=Kiriyathil+nayar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjj-vfvIyWAxX4c_UHHYXtCMkQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q=Kiriyathil%20nayar&f=false</ref>

==Social status==
The Kiryathil Nair is the highest class among Nairs in [[Malabar Coast|Malabar districts]]. The caste boundary between Kiryathil Nair and some Samanthan Nair ([[Eradi]] usually elevated or related to Kiriyathil Nairs) in south Malabar is very vague and therefore some families among the Kiryathils in the course of time may be recognised as Samanthan Nair and vice versa.<ref name="C.Fuller">{{cite journal |last=Fuller |first=Christopher J. |date=1975 |title=The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste |journal=Journal of Anthropological Research |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=283–312 |doi=10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883 |jstor=3629883|s2cid=163592798 }}</ref>

Kiryathil Nairs were feudal lords, known as [[Naduvazhi|Naduvazhi or Deshavazhi]], and controlled a limited number of militiamen known as Charnavars under their command. These soldiers usually belonged to the [[Swaroopathil_Nair|Purattu Charna Nair]] subcaste.<ref name="K.Gough">[[Kathleen Gough|Gough, E. Kathleen]] (1961). "Nayars: Central Kerala". In Schneider, David Murray; Gough, E. Kathleen. Matrilineal Kinship. University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-02529-5}}. Retrieved 2011-06-09.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)]]
* [[Menon (subcaste)]]
* [[Panicker]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070901154501/http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/main.htm#content#content Digital Colonial Documents (India)]

[[Category:Nair]]

Kiryathil Nair

2026-08-06T17:17:28Z

Vidhya:

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox Ethnic group
|image =
|caption =
|group = Kiryathil Nair
|pop =
|popplace = Mostly in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and Northern parts of [[Kingdom_of_Cochin|Kingdom of Cochin]]
|languages = [[Malayalam]]
|religions =
|related = [[Nair]]s
}}
'''Kiryathil Nair''' or Kiriyathu Nair is a high-ranking Nair sub-caste, or a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon various subdivisions of the Vratya-Kshatriya Nair community<ref>Vaidya, Chintaman Vinayak (January 1986). ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.189154/page/n293/mode/2up?q=Nair+ Downfall Of Hindu India]''. Gyan Publishing House. p. 293. ISBN <bdi>978-8121200509</bdi>.

<q>''This land of Namboodiri Brahmins and Nair Kshatriyas sent out a religious invasion under Sankara which subjugated the whole of India''.</q></ref> in the regions of [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and northern part of [[Kingdom of Cochin]] in present-day [[Kerala]], India. They were the martial aristocracy of the region.

Kiriyathil Nairs are a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon the foremost subcastes of the Nair community in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]]. [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)|Nambiar]] and [[Kurup]] from the Purathu Chārna Nairs, as well as [[Menon (subcaste)|Menon]] and [[Panicker]] from the Akathu Chārna Nairs , [[Eradi|Eradi Nairs]], Vellāma Nair-Nambiār-Menon and certain other Nair sub-castes in Malabar districts, received this elite status. According to early reports, more than ten castes in Malabar were recieved and part of the Kiriyathil Nair list. These groups were related to other recognized Nair sub-castes.<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=kTNRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA156&dq=Kiriyathil+nayar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjj-vfvIyWAxX4c_UHHYXtCMkQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q=Kiriyathil%20nayar&f=false</ref>

==Social status==
The Kiryathil Nair is the highest class among Nairs in [[Malabar Coast|Malabar districts]]. The caste boundary between Kiryathil Nair and some Samanthan Nair ([[Eradi]] usually elevated or related to Kiriyathil Nairs) in south Malabar is very vague and therefore some families among the Kiryathils in the course of time may be recognised as Samanthan Nair and vice versa.<ref name="C.Fuller">{{cite journal |last=Fuller |first=Christopher J. |date=1975 |title=The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste |journal=Journal of Anthropological Research |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=283–312 |doi=10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883 |jstor=3629883|s2cid=163592798 }}</ref>

Kiryathil Nairs were feudal lords, known as [[Naduvazhi|Naduvazhi or Deshavazhi]], and controlled a limited number of militiamen known as Charnavars under their command. These soldiers usually belonged to the [[Swaroopathil_Nair|Purattu Charna Nair]] subcaste.<ref name="K.Gough">[[Kathleen Gough|Gough, E. Kathleen]] (1961). "Nayars: Central Kerala". In Schneider, David Murray; Gough, E. Kathleen. Matrilineal Kinship. University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-02529-5}}. Retrieved 2011-06-09.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Kaimal]]
* [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)]]
* [[Menon (subcaste)]]
* [[Panicker]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070901154501/http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/main.htm#content#content Digital Colonial Documents (India)]

[[Category:Nair]]

Kiryathil Nair

2026-08-06T17:17:07Z

Vidhya:

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox Ethnic group
|image =
|caption =
|group = Kiryathil Nair
|pop =
|popplace = Mostly in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and Northern parts of [[Kingdom_of_Cochin|Kingdom of Cochin]]
|languages = [[Malayalam]]
|religions =
|related = [[Nair]]s
}}
'''Kiryathil Nair''' or Kiriyathu Nair is a high-ranking Nair sub-caste, or a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon various subdivisions of the Vratya-Kshatriya Nair community<ref>Vaidya, Chintaman Vinayak (January 1986). ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.189154/page/n293/mode/2up?q=Nair+ Downfall Of Hindu India]''. Gyan Publishing House. p. 293. ISBN <bdi>978-8121200509</bdi>.

<q>''This land of Namboodiri Brahmins and Nair Kshatriyas sent out a religious invasion under Sankara which subjugated the whole of India''.</q></ref> in the regions of [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and northern part of [[Kingdom of Cochin]] in present-day [[Kerala]], India. They were the martial aristocracy of the region.

Kiriyathil Nairs are a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon the foremost subcastes of the Nair community in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]]. [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)|Nambiar]] and [[Kurup]] from the Purathu Chārna Nairs, as well as [[Menon (subcaste)|Menon]] and [[Panicker]] from the Akathu Chārna Nairs , [[Eradi|Eradi Nairs]], Vellāma Nair-Nambiār-Menon and certain other Nair sub-castes in Malabar districts, received this elite status. According to early reports, more than ten castes in Malabar were recieved and part of the Kiriyathil Nair list. These groups were related to other recognized Nair sub-castes.<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=kTNRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA156&dq=Kiriyathil+nayar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjj-vfvIyWAxX4c_UHHYXtCMkQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q=Kiriyathil%20nayar&f=false</ref>

==Social status==
The Kiryathil Nair is the highest class among Nairs in [[Malabar Coast|Malabar districts]]. The caste boundary between Kiryathil Nair and some Samanthan Nair ([[Eradi]] usually elevated or related to Kiriyathil Nairs) in south Malabar is very vague and therefore some families among the Kiryathils in the course of time may be recognised as Samanthan Nair and vice versa.<ref name="C.Fuller">{{cite journal |last=Fuller |first=Christopher J. |date=1975 |title=The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste |journal=Journal of Anthropological Research |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=283–312 |doi=10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883 |jstor=3629883|s2cid=163592798 }}</ref>

Kiryathil Nairs were feudal lords, known as [[Naduvazhi|Naduvazhi or Deshavazhi]], and controlled a limited number of militiamen known as Charnavars under their command. These soldiers usually belonged to the [[Swaroopathil_Nair|Purattu Charna Nair]] subcaste.<ref name="K.Gough">[[Kathleen Gough|Gough, E. Kathleen]] (1961). "Nayars: Central Kerala". In Schneider, David Murray; Gough, E. Kathleen. Matrilineal Kinship. University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-02529-5}}. Retrieved 2011-06-09.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Kaimal]]
* [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)]]
* [[Menon (subcaste)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070901154501/http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/main.htm#content#content Digital Colonial Documents (India)]

[[Category:Nair]]

Kiryathil Nair

2026-08-06T17:12:38Z

Vidhya:

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox Ethnic group
|image =
|caption =
|group = Kiryathil Nair
|pop =
|popplace = Mostly in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and Northern parts of [[Kingdom_of_Cochin|Kingdom of Cochin]]
|languages = [[Malayalam]]
|religions =
|related = [[Nair]]s
}}
'''Kiryathil Nair''' or Kiriyathu Nair is a high-ranking Nair sub-caste, or a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon various subdivisions of the Vratya-Kshatriya Nair community<ref>Vaidya, Chintaman Vinayak (January 1986). ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.189154/page/n293/mode/2up?q=Nair+ Downfall Of Hindu India]''. Gyan Publishing House. p. 293. ISBN <bdi>978-8121200509</bdi>.

<q>''This land of Namboodiri Brahmins and Nair Kshatriyas sent out a religious invasion under Sankara which subjugated the whole of India''.</q></ref> in the regions of [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and northern part of [[Kingdom of Cochin]] in present-day [[Kerala]], India. They were the martial aristocracy of the region.

Kiriyathil Nairs are a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon the foremost subcastes of the Nair community in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]]. [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)|Nambiar]] and [[Kurup]] from the Purathu Chārna Nairs, as well as [[Menon (subcaste)|Menon]] and [[Panicker]] from the Akathu Chārna Nairs , [[Eradi|Eradi Nairs]], Vellāma Nair-Nambiār-Menon and certain other Nair sub-castes in Malabar districts, received this elite status. According to early reports, more than ten castes in Malabar were recieved and part of the Kiriyathil Nair list. These groups were related to other recognized Nair sub-castes.<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=kTNRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA156&dq=Kiriyathil+nayar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjj-vfvIyWAxX4c_UHHYXtCMkQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q=Kiriyathil%20nayar&f=false</ref>

==Social status==
The Kiryathil Nair is the highest class among Nairs in [[Malabar Coast|Malabar districts]]. The caste boundary between Kiryathil Nair and some Samanthan Nair ([[Eradi]] usually elevated or related to Kiriyathil Nairs) in south Malabar is very vague and therefore some families among the Kiryathils in the course of time may be recognised as Samanthan Nair and vice versa.<ref name="C.Fuller">{{cite journal |last=Fuller |first=Christopher J. |date=1975 |title=The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste |journal=Journal of Anthropological Research |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=283–312 |doi=10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883 |jstor=3629883|s2cid=163592798 }}</ref>

Kiryathil Nairs were feudal lords, known as [[Naduvazhi|Naduvazhi or Deshavazhi]], and controlled a limited number of militiamen known as Charnavars under their command. These soldiers usually belonged to the [[Swaroopathil_Nair|Purattu Charna Nair]] subcaste.<ref name="K.Gough">[[Kathleen Gough|Gough, E. Kathleen]] (1961). "Nayars: Central Kerala". In Schneider, David Murray; Gough, E. Kathleen. Matrilineal Kinship. University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-02529-5}}. Retrieved 2011-06-09.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Kaimal]]
* [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)]]
* [[Nayanar (Nair Subcaste)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070901154501/http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/main.htm#content#content Digital Colonial Documents (India)]

[[Category:Nair]]

Kiryathil Nair

2026-08-06T17:10:17Z

Vidhya:

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox Ethnic group
|image =
|caption =
|group = Kiryathil Nair
|pop =
|popplace = Mostly in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and Northern parts of [[Kingdom_of_Cochin|Kingdom of Cochin]]
|languages = [[Malayalam]]
|religions =
|related = [[Nair]]s
}}
'''Kiryathil Nair''' or Kiriyathu Nair is a high-ranking Nair sub-caste, or a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon various subdivisions of the Vratya-Kshatriya Nair community<ref>Vaidya, Chintaman Vinayak (January 1986). ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.189154/page/n293/mode/2up?q=Nair+ Downfall Of Hindu India]''. Gyan Publishing House. p. 293. ISBN <bdi>978-8121200509</bdi>.

<q>''This land of Namboodiri Brahmins and Nair Kshatriyas sent out a religious invasion under Sankara which subjugated the whole of India''.</q></ref> in the regions of [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and northern part of [[Kingdom of Cochin]] in present-day [[Kerala]], India. They were the martial aristocracy of the region.

Kiriyathil Nairs are a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon the foremost subcastes of the Nair community in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]]. [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)|Nambiar]] and [[Kurup]] from the Purathu Chārna Nairs, as well as [[Menon (subcaste)|Menon]] and [[Panicker]] from the Akathu Chārna Nairs , [[Eradi|Eradi Nairs]], Vellāma Nair-Nambiār-Menon and certain other Nair sub-castes in Malabar districts, received this elite status. According to early reports, more than ten castes in Malabar were recieved and part of the Kiriyathil Nair list. These groups were related to other recognized Nair sub-castes.<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=kTNRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA156&dq=Kiriyathil+nayar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjj-vfvIyWAxX4c_UHHYXtCMkQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q=Kiriyathil%20nayar&f=false</ref>

==Social status==
The Kiryathil Nair is the highest class among Nairs in [[Malabar Coast|Malabar districts]]. The caste boundary between Kiryathil Nair and Samanthan Nair is very vague and therefore some families among the Kiryathils in the course of time may be recognised as Samanthan Nair and vice versa.<ref name="C.Fuller">{{cite journal |last=Fuller |first=Christopher J. |date=1975 |title=The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste |journal=Journal of Anthropological Research |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=283–312 |doi=10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883 |jstor=3629883|s2cid=163592798 }}</ref>

Kiryathil Nairs were feudal lords, known as [[Naduvazhi|Naduvazhi or Deshavazhi]], and controlled a limited number of militiamen known as Charnavars under their command. These soldiers usually belonged to the [[Swaroopathil_Nair|Purattu Charna Nair]] subcaste.<ref name="K.Gough">[[Kathleen Gough|Gough, E. Kathleen]] (1961). "Nayars: Central Kerala". In Schneider, David Murray; Gough, E. Kathleen. Matrilineal Kinship. University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-02529-5}}. Retrieved 2011-06-09.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Kaimal]]
* [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)]]
* [[Nayanar (Nair Subcaste)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070901154501/http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/main.htm#content#content Digital Colonial Documents (India)]

[[Category:Nair]]

Kiryathil Nair

2026-08-06T17:09:51Z

Vidhya:

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox Ethnic group
|image =
|caption =
|group = Kiryathil Nair
|pop =
|popplace = Mostly in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and Northern parts of [[Kingdom_of_Cochin|Kingdom of Cochin]]
|languages = [[Malayalam]]
|religions =
|related = [[Nair]]s
}}
'''Kiryathil Nair''' or Kiriyathu Nair is a high-ranking Nair sub-caste, or a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon various subdivisions of the Vratya-Kshatriya Nair community<ref>Vaidya, Chintaman Vinayak (January 1986). ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.189154/page/n293/mode/2up?q=Nair+ Downfall Of Hindu India]''. Gyan Publishing House. p. 293. ISBN <bdi>978-8121200509</bdi>.

<q>''This land of Namboodiri Brahmins and Nair Kshatriyas sent out a religious invasion under Sankara which subjugated the whole of India''.</q></ref> in the regions of [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and northern part of [[Kingdom of Cochin]] in present-day [[Kerala]], India. They were the martial aristocracy of the region.

Kiriyathil Nairs are a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon the foremost subcastes of the Nair community in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]]. [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)|Nambiar]] and [[Kurup]] from the Purathu Chārna Nairs, as well as [[Menon (subcaste)|Menon]] and [[Panicker]] from the Akathu Chārna Nairs , [[Eradi|Eradi Nairs]], Vellāma Nair-Nambiār-Menon and certain other Nair sub-castes in Malabar districts, received this elite status. According to early reports, more than ten castes in Malabar were recieved and part of the Kiriyathil Nair list. These groups were related to other recognized Nair sub-castes.<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=kTNRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA156&dq=Kiriyathil+nayar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjj-vfvIyWAxX4c_UHHYXtCMkQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q=Kiriyathil%20nayar&f=false</ref>

==Social status==
The Kiryathil Nair is the highest class among Nairs in [[Malabar Coast|Malabar districts]]. The caste boundary between Kiryathil Nair and some Samanthan Nair is very vague and therefore some families among the Kiryathils in the course of time may be recognised as Samanthan Nair and vice versa.<ref name="C.Fuller">{{cite journal |last=Fuller |first=Christopher J. |date=1975 |title=The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste |journal=Journal of Anthropological Research |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=283–312 |doi=10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883 |jstor=3629883|s2cid=163592798 }}</ref>

Kiryathil Nairs were feudal lords, known as [[Naduvazhi|Naduvazhi or Deshavazhi]], and controlled a limited number of militiamen known as Charnavars under their command. These soldiers usually belonged to the [[Swaroopathil_Nair|Purattu Charna Nair]] subcaste.<ref name="K.Gough">[[Kathleen Gough|Gough, E. Kathleen]] (1961). "Nayars: Central Kerala". In Schneider, David Murray; Gough, E. Kathleen. Matrilineal Kinship. University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-02529-5}}. Retrieved 2011-06-09.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Kaimal]]
* [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)]]
* [[Nayanar (Nair Subcaste)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070901154501/http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/main.htm#content#content Digital Colonial Documents (India)]

[[Category:Nair]]

Kiryathil Nair

2026-08-06T17:09:04Z

Vidhya:

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox Ethnic group
|image =
|caption =
|group = Kiryathil Nair
|pop =
|popplace = Mostly in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and Northern parts of [[Kingdom_of_Cochin|Kingdom of Cochin]]
|languages = [[Malayalam]]
|religions =
|related = [[Nair]]s
}}
'''Kiryathil Nair''' or Kiriyathu Nair is a high-ranking Nair sub-caste, or a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon various subdivisions of the Vratya-Kshatriya Nair community<ref>Vaidya, Chintaman Vinayak (January 1986). ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.189154/page/n293/mode/2up?q=Nair+ Downfall Of Hindu India]''. Gyan Publishing House. p. 293. ISBN <bdi>978-8121200509</bdi>.

<q>''This land of Namboodiri Brahmins and Nair Kshatriyas sent out a religious invasion under Sankara which subjugated the whole of India''.</q></ref> in the regions of [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and northern part of [[Kingdom of Cochin]] in present-day [[Kerala]], India. They were the martial aristocracy of the region.

Kiriyathil Nairs are a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon the foremost subcastes of the Nair community in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]]. [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)|Nambiar]] and [[Kurup]] from the Purathu Chārna Nairs, as well as [[Menon (subcaste)|Menon]] and [[Panicker]] from the Akathu Chārna Nairs , [[Eradi|Eradi Nairs]], Vellāma Nair-Nambiār-Menon and certain other Nair sub-castes in Malabar districts, received this elite status. According to early reports, more than ten castes in Malabar were recieved and part of the Kiriyathil Nair list. These groups were related to other recognized Nair sub-castes.<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=kTNRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA156&dq=Kiriyathil+nayar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjj-vfvIyWAxX4c_UHHYXtCMkQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q=Kiriyathil%20nayar&f=false</ref>

==Social status==
The Kiryathil Nair is the highest class among Nairs in [[Malabar Coast|Malabar districts]]. The caste boundary between Kiryathil Nair and Samanthan Nair is very vague and therefore some families among the Kiryathils in the course of time may be recognised as Samanthan and vice versa.<ref name="C.Fuller">{{cite journal |last=Fuller |first=Christopher J. |date=1975 |title=The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste |journal=Journal of Anthropological Research |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=283–312 |doi=10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883 |jstor=3629883|s2cid=163592798 }}</ref>

Kiryathil Nairs were feudal lords, known as [[Naduvazhi|Naduvazhi or Deshavazhi]], and controlled a limited number of militiamen known as Charnavars under their command. These soldiers usually belonged to the [[Swaroopathil_Nair|Purattu Charna Nair]] subcaste.<ref name="K.Gough">[[Kathleen Gough|Gough, E. Kathleen]] (1961). "Nayars: Central Kerala". In Schneider, David Murray; Gough, E. Kathleen. Matrilineal Kinship. University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-02529-5}}. Retrieved 2011-06-09.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Kaimal]]
* [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)]]
* [[Nayanar (Nair Subcaste)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070901154501/http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/main.htm#content#content Digital Colonial Documents (India)]

[[Category:Nair]]

Kiryathil Nair

2026-08-06T17:06:41Z

Vidhya: Grammar

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox Ethnic group
|image =
|caption =
|group = Kiryathil Nair
|pop =
|popplace = Mostly in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and Northern parts of [[Kingdom_of_Cochin|Kingdom of Cochin]]
|languages = [[Malayalam]]
|religions =
|related = [[Nair]]s
}}
'''Kiryathil Nair''' or Kiriyathu Nair is a high-ranking Nair sub-caste, or a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon various subdivisions of the Vratya-Kshatriya Nair community<ref>Vaidya, Chintaman Vinayak (January 1986). ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.189154/page/n293/mode/2up?q=Nair+ Downfall Of Hindu India]''. Gyan Publishing House. p. 293. ISBN <bdi>978-8121200509</bdi>.

<q>''This land of Namboodiri Brahmins and Nair Kshatriyas sent out a religious invasion under Sankara which subjugated the whole of India''.</q></ref> in the regions of [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and northern part of [[Kingdom of Cochin]] in present-day [[Kerala]], India. They were the martial aristocracy of the region.

Kiriyathil Nairs are a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon the foremost subcastes of the Nair community in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]]. [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)|Nambiar]] and [[Kurup]] from the Purathu Chārna Nairs, as well as [[Menon (subcaste)|Menon]] and [[Panicker]] from the Akathu Chārna Nairs , [[Eradi|Eradi Nairs]], Vellāma Nair-Nambiār-Menon and certain other Nair sub-castes in Malabar districts, received this elite status. According to early reports, more than ten castes in Malabar were recieved and part of the Kiriyathil Nair list. These groups were related to other recognized Nair sub-castes.<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=kTNRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA156&dq=Kiriyathil+nayar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjj-vfvIyWAxX4c_UHHYXtCMkQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q=Kiriyathil%20nayar&f=false</ref>

==Social status==
The Kiryathil Nair is the highest class among Nairs in [[Malabar Coast|Malabar districts]]. The caste boundary between Kiryathil Nair and Samanthan Nair is very vague and therefore some families among the Kiryathils in the course of time may be recognised as Samanthan and vice versa.<ref name="C.Fuller">{{cite journal |last=Fuller |first=Christopher J. |date=1975 |title=The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste |journal=Journal of Anthropological Research |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=283–312 |doi=10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883 |jstor=3629883|s2cid=163592798 }}</ref>

Kiryathil Nairs were feudal lords, known as [[Naduvazhi]], and controlled a limited number of militiamen known as Charnavars under their command. These soldiers usually belonged to the [[Swaroopathil_Nair|Purattu Charna Nair]] subcaste.<ref name="K.Gough">[[Kathleen Gough|Gough, E. Kathleen]] (1961). "Nayars: Central Kerala". In Schneider, David Murray; Gough, E. Kathleen. Matrilineal Kinship. University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-02529-5}}. Retrieved 2011-06-09.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Kaimal]]
* [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)]]
* [[Nayanar (Nair Subcaste)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070901154501/http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/main.htm#content#content Digital Colonial Documents (India)]

[[Category:Nair]]

Kiryathil Nair

2026-08-06T17:06:16Z

Vidhya:

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox Ethnic group
|image =
|caption =
|group = Kiryathil Nair
|pop =
|popplace = Mostly in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and Northern parts of [[Kingdom_of_Cochin|Kingdom of Cochin]]
|languages = [[Malayalam]]
|religions =
|related = [[Nair]]s
}}
'''Kiryathil Nair''' or Kiriyathil Nair is a high-ranking Nair sub-caste, or a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon various subdivisions of the Vratya-Kshatriya Nair community<ref>Vaidya, Chintaman Vinayak (January 1986). ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.189154/page/n293/mode/2up?q=Nair+ Downfall Of Hindu India]''. Gyan Publishing House. p. 293. ISBN <bdi>978-8121200509</bdi>.

<q>''This land of Namboodiri Brahmins and Nair Kshatriyas sent out a religious invasion under Sankara which subjugated the whole of India''.</q></ref> in the regions of [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and northern part of [[Kingdom of Cochin]] in present-day [[Kerala]], India. They were the martial aristocracy of the region.

Kiriyathil Nairs are a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon the foremost subcastes of the Nair community in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]]. [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)|Nambiar]] and [[Kurup]] from the Purathu Chārna Nairs, as well as [[Menon (subcaste)|Menon]] and [[Panicker]] from the Akathu Chārna Nairs , [[Eradi|Eradi Nairs]], Vellāma Nair-Nambiār-Menon and certain other Nair sub-castes in Malabar districts, received this elite status. According to early reports, more than ten castes in Malabar were recieved and part of the Kiriyathil Nair list. These groups were related to other recognized Nair sub-castes.<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=kTNRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA156&dq=Kiriyathil+nayar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjj-vfvIyWAxX4c_UHHYXtCMkQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q=Kiriyathil%20nayar&f=false</ref>

==Social status==
The Kiryathil Nair is the highest class among Nairs in [[Malabar Coast|Malabar districts]]. The caste boundary between Kiryathil Nair and Samanthan Nair is very vague and therefore some families among the Kiryathils in the course of time may be recognised as Samanthan and vice versa.<ref name="C.Fuller">{{cite journal |last=Fuller |first=Christopher J. |date=1975 |title=The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste |journal=Journal of Anthropological Research |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=283–312 |doi=10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883 |jstor=3629883|s2cid=163592798 }}</ref>

Kiryathil Nairs were feudal lords, known as [[Naduvazhi]], and controlled a limited number of militiamen known as Charnavars under their command. These soldiers usually belonged to the [[Swaroopathil_Nair|Purattu Charna Nair]] subcaste.<ref name="K.Gough">[[Kathleen Gough|Gough, E. Kathleen]] (1961). "Nayars: Central Kerala". In Schneider, David Murray; Gough, E. Kathleen. Matrilineal Kinship. University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-02529-5}}. Retrieved 2011-06-09.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Kaimal]]
* [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)]]
* [[Nayanar (Nair Subcaste)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070901154501/http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/main.htm#content#content Digital Colonial Documents (India)]

[[Category:Nair]]

Kiryathil Nair

2026-08-06T17:04:12Z

Vidhya:

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox Ethnic group
|image =
|caption =
|group = Kiryathil Nair
|pop =
|popplace = Mostly in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar]] and [[Kingdom_of_Cochin|Cochin]], also in [[Travancore]].
|languages = [[Malayalam]]
|religions =
|related = [[Nair]]s
}}
'''Kiryathil Nair''' or Kiriyathil Nair is a high-ranking Nair sub-caste, or a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon various subdivisions of the Vratya-Kshatriya Nair community<ref>Vaidya, Chintaman Vinayak (January 1986). ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.189154/page/n293/mode/2up?q=Nair+ Downfall Of Hindu India]''. Gyan Publishing House. p. 293. ISBN <bdi>978-8121200509</bdi>.

<q>''This land of Namboodiri Brahmins and Nair Kshatriyas sent out a religious invasion under Sankara which subjugated the whole of India''.</q></ref> in the regions of [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]] and northern part of [[Kingdom of Cochin]] in present-day [[Kerala]], India. They were the martial aristocracy of the region.

Kiriyathil Nairs are a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon the foremost subcastes of the Nair community in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]]. [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)|Nambiar]] and [[Kurup]] from the Purathu Chārna Nairs, as well as [[Menon (subcaste)|Menon]] and [[Panicker]] from the Akathu Chārna Nairs , [[Eradi|Eradi Nairs]], Vellāma Nair-Nambiār-Menon and certain other Nair sub-castes in Malabar districts, received this elite status. According to early reports, more than ten castes in Malabar were recieved and part of the Kiriyathil Nair list. These groups were related to other recognized Nair sub-castes.<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=kTNRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA156&dq=Kiriyathil+nayar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjj-vfvIyWAxX4c_UHHYXtCMkQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q=Kiriyathil%20nayar&f=false</ref>

==Social status==
The Kiryathil Nair is the highest class among Nairs in [[Malabar Coast|Malabar districts]]. The caste boundary between Kiryathil Nair and Samanthan Nair is very vague and therefore some families among the Kiryathils in the course of time may be recognised as Samanthan and vice versa.<ref name="C.Fuller">{{cite journal |last=Fuller |first=Christopher J. |date=1975 |title=The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste |journal=Journal of Anthropological Research |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=283–312 |doi=10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883 |jstor=3629883|s2cid=163592798 }}</ref>

Kiryathil Nairs were feudal lords, known as [[Naduvazhi]], and controlled a limited number of militiamen known as Charnavars under their command. These soldiers usually belonged to the [[Swaroopathil_Nair|Purattu Charna Nair]] subcaste.<ref name="K.Gough">[[Kathleen Gough|Gough, E. Kathleen]] (1961). "Nayars: Central Kerala". In Schneider, David Murray; Gough, E. Kathleen. Matrilineal Kinship. University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-02529-5}}. Retrieved 2011-06-09.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Kaimal]]
* [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)]]
* [[Nayanar (Nair Subcaste)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070901154501/http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/main.htm#content#content Digital Colonial Documents (India)]

[[Category:Nair]]

Kiryathil Nair

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{{Infobox Ethnic group
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|group = Kiryathil Nair
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|popplace = Mostly in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar]] and [[Kingdom_of_Cochin|Cochin]], also in [[Travancore]].
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'''Kiryathil Nair''' or Kiriyathil Nair is a high ranking subcaste or a distinction used by the Vratya-Kshatriya [[Nair]] community<ref>Vaidya, Chintaman Vinayak (January 1986). ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.189154/page/n293/mode/2up?q=Nair+ Downfall Of Hindu India]''. Gyan Publishing House. p. 293. ISBN <bdi>978-8121200509</bdi>.

<q>''This land of Namboodiri Brahmins and Nair Kshatriyas sent out a religious invasion under Sankara which subjugated the whole of India''.</q></ref>, who have traditionally lived in the regions of [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar]] and [[Kingdom_of_Cochin|Cochin]] in present-day [[Kerala]], India. They were the defacto martial aristocracy of the Kerala.

Kiriyathil Nairs are a distinction said to have been conferred by a king upon the foremost subcastes of the Nair community in [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar districts]]. [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)|Nambiar]] and [[Kurup]] from the Purathu Chārna Nairs, as well as [[Menon (subcaste)|Menon]] and [[Panicker]] from the Akathu Chārna Nairs , [[Eradi|Eradi Nairs]], Vellāma Nair-Nambiār-Menon and certain other Nair sub-castes in Malabar districts, received this elite status. According to early reports, more than ten castes in Malabar were recieved and part of the Kiriyathil Nair list. These groups were related to other recognized Nair sub-castes.<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=kTNRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA156&dq=Kiriyathil+nayar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjj-vfvIyWAxX4c_UHHYXtCMkQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q=Kiriyathil%20nayar&f=false</ref>

==Social status==
The Kiryathil Nair is the highest class among Nairs in [[Malabar Coast|Malabar districts]]. The caste boundary between Kiryathil Nair and Samanthan Nair is very vague and therefore some families among the Kiryathils in the course of time may be recognised as Samanthan and vice versa.<ref name="C.Fuller">{{cite journal |last=Fuller |first=Christopher J. |date=1975 |title=The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste |journal=Journal of Anthropological Research |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=283–312 |doi=10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883 |jstor=3629883|s2cid=163592798 }}</ref>

Kiryathil Nairs were feudal lords, known as [[Naduvazhi]], and controlled a limited number of militiamen known as Charnavars under their command. These soldiers usually belonged to the [[Swaroopathil_Nair|Purattu Charna Nair]] subcaste.<ref name="K.Gough">[[Kathleen Gough|Gough, E. Kathleen]] (1961). "Nayars: Central Kerala". In Schneider, David Murray; Gough, E. Kathleen. Matrilineal Kinship. University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-02529-5}}. Retrieved 2011-06-09.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Kaimal]]
* [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)]]
* [[Nayanar (Nair Subcaste)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070901154501/http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/main.htm#content#content Digital Colonial Documents (India)]

[[Category:Nair]]