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	The '''Samantha Kshatriya''' are a community of [[Kerala]], India. They were historically ruling elites and feudal land owners in the [[North Malabar]],<ref name="Logan"/> [[South Malabar]],~~<ref>Panikkassery, Velayudhan. '' Malabarile Rajavamsangal'', MM Publications (2007), Kottayam India</ref>~~<ref name="Logan">{{Cite book\|title=Malabar Manual (Volume-I)\|last=Logan\|first=William\|publisher=Asian Educational Services\|year=2010\|isbn=9788120604476\|location=New Delhi\|pages=631–666}}</ref> [[Kingdom of Cochin]] and [[Kingdom of Travancore]].<ref name="fuller"/> Despite their nomenclature suggesting that they are a part of the [[Kshatriya]] class in the Hindu ritual ranking system known as [[Varna (Hinduism)\|varna]], that system has never existed in South India.<ref>{{cite book \|title=The Politics of Cultural Nationalism in South India \|first=Marguerite Ross \|last=Barnett \|author-link=Marguerite Ross Barnett \|year=2015 \|orig-year=1976 \|publisher=Princeton University Press \|pages=~~15-16~~ \|isbn=978-0-69164-407-3}}</ref> Anthropologist [[Chris Fuller (academic)\|Christopher Fuller]], suggests such claims are vanity and that "most unbiased observers ... have concluded that the Kshatriya and Samanthan subdivisions should be treated merely as supereminent [[Nair\|Nayar]] subdivisions". The notable exception to that scholarly consensus is the sociologist [[Louis Dumont]].<ref name="fuller">{{Cite journal\|last=Fuller\|first=Christopher J. \|author-link=Chris Fuller (academic)\|date=December 1975\|title=The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste \|jstor=3629883 \|journal=Journal of Anthropological Research \|volume=31 \|issue=4 \|pages=283–312 \|doi=10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883 \|issn=0091-7710}}</ref>		The '''Samantha Kshatriya''' are a community of [[Kerala]], India. They were historically ruling elites and feudal land owners in the [[North Malabar]],<ref name="Logan"/> [[South Malabar]],<ref name="Logan">{{Cite book\|title=Malabar Manual (Volume-I)\|last=Logan\|first=William\|publisher=Asian Educational Services\|year=2010\|isbn=9788120604476\|location=New Delhi\|pages=631–666}}</ref><ref>Panikkassery, Velayudhan. '' Malabarile Rajavamsangal'', MM Publications (2007), Kottayam India</ref> [[Kingdom of Cochin]] and [[Kingdom of Travancore]].<ref name="fuller"/> Despite their nomenclature suggesting that they are a part of the [[Kshatriya]] class in the Hindu ritual ranking system known as [[Varna (Hinduism)\|varna]], that system has never existed in South India.<ref>{{cite book \|title=The Politics of Cultural Nationalism in South India \|first=Marguerite Ross \|last=Barnett \|author-link=Marguerite Ross Barnett \|year=2015 \|orig-year=1976 \|publisher=Princeton University Press \|pages=15–16 \|isbn=978-0-69164-407-3}}</ref> Anthropologist [[Chris Fuller (academic)\|Christopher Fuller]], suggests such claims are vanity and that "most unbiased observers ... have concluded that the Kshatriya and Samanthan subdivisions should be treated merely as supereminent [[Nair\|Nayar]] subdivisions". The notable exception to that scholarly consensus is the sociologist [[Louis Dumont]].<ref name="fuller">{{Cite journal\|last=Fuller\|first=Christopher J. \|author-link=Chris Fuller (academic)\|date=December 1975\|title=The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste \|jstor=3629883 \|journal=Journal of Anthropological Research \|volume=31 \|issue=4 \|pages=283–312 \|doi=10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883 \|issn=0091-7710}}</ref>

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103.94.138.180: Kingdom of Kottayam (Thalassery), Parappanad, Vettathunadu, Manjeri Kovilakam, Nilambur Kovilakam etc were ruled by Samantha Kshatriyas having "Varma"/"Thirumulpad" in their name.

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Kingdom of Kottayam (Thalassery), Parappanad, Vettathunadu, Manjeri Kovilakam, Nilambur Kovilakam etc were ruled by Samantha Kshatriyas having "Varma"/"Thirumulpad" in their name.

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The '''Samantha Kshatriya''' are a community of [[Kerala]], India. They were historically ruling elites and feudal land owners in the [[North Malabar]],<ref name="Logan"/> [[South Malabar]],<ref>Panikkassery, Velayudhan. '' Malabarile Rajavamsangal'', MM Publications (2007), Kottayam India</ref><ref name="Logan">{{Cite book|title=Malabar Manual (Volume-I)|last=Logan|first=William|publisher=Asian Educational Services|year=2010|isbn=9788120604476|location=New Delhi|pages=631–666}}</ref> [[Kingdom of Cochin]] and [[Kingdom of Travancore]].<ref name="fuller"/> Despite their nomenclature suggesting that they are a part of the [[Kshatriya]] class in the Hindu ritual ranking system known as [[Varna (Hinduism)|varna]], that system has never existed in South India.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Politics of Cultural Nationalism in South India |first=Marguerite Ross |last=Barnett |author-link=Marguerite Ross Barnett |year=2015 |orig-year=1976 |publisher=Princeton University Press |pages=15-16 |isbn=978-0-69164-407-3}}</ref> Anthropologist [[Chris Fuller (academic)|Christopher Fuller]], suggests such claims are vanity and that "most unbiased observers ... have concluded that the Kshatriya and Samanthan subdivisions should be treated merely as supereminent [[Nair|Nayar]] subdivisions". The notable exception to that scholarly consensus is the sociologist [[Louis Dumont]].<ref name="fuller">{{Cite journal|last=Fuller|first=Christopher J. |author-link=Chris Fuller (academic)|date=December 1975|title=The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste |jstor=3629883 |journal=Journal of Anthropological Research |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=283–312 |doi=10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883 |issn=0091-7710}}</ref>

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103.94.138.180: Kingdom of Kottayam (Thalassery), Parappanad, Vettathunadu, Manjeri Kovilakam, Nilambur Kovilakam etc were ruled by Samantha Kshatriyas having "Varma"/"Thirumulpad" in their name.