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The Sanskrit word '''Rājputra/Rajaputra''' means "son of a king". It finds mention in multiple ancient [[Hindu]] scriptures and later in various literary works.<ref>{{cite book|title=Valmiki Ramayana Book One Boyhood|editor=Richard Francis Gombrich |translator1=Sheldon I. Polloch |translator2=Rosalind Lefeber |translator3=Sally J. Sutherland Goldman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UZAUCgAAQBAJ&dq=rajaputra+in+valmiki+ramayana&pg=PA166|quote=Paritusto 'smi bhadram te rajaputra mahāyasah prityå paramaya yukto dadamy astrăni sarvasah|page=166|isbn=9780814731635|year=2005|publisher=New York University Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |quote=राजपुत्रौ कुशलिनौ भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ rajputrau kushalinau bhratrau ramlakshmanau|title=Ramopakhyana - The Story of Rama in the Mahabharata|page=514|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lfoJBAAAQBAJ&dq=rajaputrau+kusalinau+bhratarau&pg=PA514|author=Peter Scharf|isbn=9781136846625|year=2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis}}</ref>

== History ==

The term "Rajputra/Rajaputra" first appears in ancient [[Hindu]] scriptures like ''[[Rigveda]]'', ''[[Ramayana]]'' and ''[[Mahabharata]]''.<ref>
*{{cite book|title=A History of Rajasthan|author=Rima Hooja|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qqd1RAAACAAJ|page=181|isbn=8129115018|year=2006|publisher=Rupa and Co.}}
*{{cite book|title=Origin of the Rajputs|page=12|publisher=Bharatiya Publishing House|year=1976|author=Jai Narayan Asopa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BTxuAAAAMAAJ&q=%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5}}
*{{cite book|title=Valmiki Ramayana Book One Boyhood|editor=Richard Francis Gombrich |translator1=Sheldon I. Polloch |translator2=Rosalind Lefeber |translator3=Sally J. Sutherland Goldman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UZAUCgAAQBAJ&dq=rajaputra+in+valmiki+ramayana&pg=PA166|quote=Paritusto 'smi bhadram te rajaputra mahāyasah prityå paramaya yukto dadamy astrăni sarvasah|page=166|isbn=9780814731635|year=2005|publisher=New York University Press}}
*{{cite book |quote=राजपुत्रौ कुशलिनौ भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ rajputrau kushalinau bhratrau ramlakshmanau|title=Ramopakhyana - The Story of Rama in the Mahabharata|page=514|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lfoJBAAAQBAJ&dq=rajaputrau+kusalinau+bhratarau&pg=PA514|author=Peter Scharf|isbn=9781136846625|year=2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis}}</ref> The term "rājaputto" comes in the Buddhist ''[[Sutta Nipata]]'' composed in the [[Pali]] language during 5th-3rd century BC.<ref>
*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N2M1ZDvqYDsC&dq=Na+br%C4%81hma%E1%B9%87o+no+%27+mhi+,+na%C2%A0rajaputto+,+na+vess%C4%81yano&pg=PA106|title=The Treasury of Good Sayings: A Tibetan History of Bon|page=106|author=Bkra-śis-rgyal-mtshan (Śar-rdza)|editor=Samten Gyaltsen Karmay|year=2005|publisher=[[Motilal Banarsidass]]|isbn=9788120813557 |quote=Na brāhmaṇo no 'mhi, na rājaputto, na vessāyano, uda koci no 'mhi}}
*{{cite book|title=इतिवुत्तकपाळि ; सुत्तनिपातपाळि|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8_AKAAAAYAAJ&q=%E0%A4%A8+%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8B+%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF+%E0%A4%A8+%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B%2C+%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF+%E0%A4%A8+%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8B+%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A6+%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF+%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF&pg=RA2-PA149|page=149|year=1995|publisher=Vipaśyana Viśodhana Vinyāsa|isbn=81-7414-049-2|quote=न ब्राह्मणो नोम्हि न राजपुत्तो, नोम्हि न वेस्सायनो उद कोचि नोम्हि।}}
*{{cite book|title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th century (PB)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cvauDwAAQBAJ&dq=and+the+entire+Vinaya+upinder+singh&pg=PA258|year=2009|author=[[Upinder Singh]]|page=258|publisher=[[Pearson Education]]|isbn=978-9332569966|quote=The first four books of the Sutta Pitaka (the Digha, Majjhima, Samyutta, and Anguttara Nikayas) and the entire Vinaya Pitaka were composed between the 5th and 3rd centuries BCE. The Sutta Nipata also belongs to this period.}}</ref> In the early medieval period, ''rajputra'' has been used by various authors with different connotations. In [[Kautilya]]'s ''[[Arthashastra]]'', it means sons of the king while in [[Kalidasa]]'s ''[[Mālavikāgnimitram]]'', it is used in the sense of nobles. In [[Banabhatta]]'s ''[[Harshacharita]]'', it is used for nobles, while in his ''[[Kadambari]]'', it is used for the sons of nobles.{{sfn|Rima Hooja|2006|p=181|ps=: "Rajputras have been referred to in Kautilya’s Arthasastra, Kalidasa’s Malvikagnimitra, Asvaghosha’s Saundarananda and Banabhatta’s Harshacharita and Kadambari. The word has been used with different connotations by these authors. In Kautilya’s work it implies sons of the king while by Kalidasa and Asvaghosha it is used for nobles. Banabhatta in the first work uses it in the sense of nobles and in the latter work as sons of the nobles.}} In Sanskrit inscriptions belonging to the [[Licchavi (kingdom)|Licchavi kingdom]] (5th to 7th century CE), it has been used to refer to some ministers and high ranking officers.{{sfn|Vajracharya|1975|p=239|ps="...Kshatriyas also occupied a leading position because of their special role in politics. References have been made to Rajputras (Kshatriyas) in mány Licchavi inscriptions. The inscription of Sikubahi (Shankhamul) mentions the names of Rajputra Vajraratha, Babhruvarma and Deshavarma. Babhruvarma and Deshavama were "dutakas" during the reign of Ganadeva and Amshuvarma respectively. The inscription of Sanga mentions the name of Rajputra Vikramasena, who was a "sarvadandanayaka." The inscription of Deopattan mentions Rajputra Shurasena, and the inscription of Adeshwar mentions the Rajaputras Nandavarma, Jishnuvarma and Bhimavarma. This shows that the number of Kshatriyas was large in the Licchavi period and that they occupied top posts."}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Nepalese Inscriptions in Gupta Characters: Text|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_GxOAAAAYAAJ&dq=Nepalese+inscriptions+in+Gupta+characters&pg=PR11|page=52,55,70,97,108,120|year=1956|publisher=University of Virginia|author=Raniero Gnoli}}</ref> It appears in the 7th century [[Bakshali manuscript]] from [[North-West Frontier Province|NWFP]] in the sense of a mercenary soldier, while in the 8th century [[Chachnama]] of [[Sindh]], it is used in the sense of elite horsemen.<ref name=sab>{{cite book|title=The Politics of Marriage in India Gender and Alliance in Rajasthan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0bSmDwAAQBAJ&dq=Chachnama+rajput&pg=PT22
|isbn=9780199098286|author=Sabita Singh| date=27 May 2019 |publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref>

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