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'''Samantan Nair''', also known as '''Samanthan Nair''' or just '''Samantan''' (meaning "equal to" or "deemed to be"), was a generic term applied to dignify a group of sub-clans among the ruling elites ([[Naduvazhi]]) and feudal lords ([[Jenmi]]) of the [[Nair]] community in [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.academia.edu/19564591 | title= The Nayars of South Malabar | first1=Joan | last1=Mencher | year=1963 | publisher=Cornell University Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/1_20200409_20200409_1359 | title=Perumāḷs of Kerala: Brahmin Oligarchy and Ritual Monarchy : Political and Social Conditions of Kerala Under the Cēra Perumāḷs of Makōtai (c. AD 800-AD 1124) | first1=Muttayil Govindamenon Sankara | last1=Narayanan | date= January 1996 | publisher=Current Books Thrissur | isbn=8193368320}}</ref> |
'''Samantan Nair''', also known as '''Samanthan Nair''' or just '''Samantan''' (meaning "equal to" or "deemed to be"), was a generic term applied to dignify a group of sub-clans among the ruling elites (''[[Naduvazhi]]'') and feudal lords (''[[Jenmi]]mar'') of the [[Nair]] community in [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.academia.edu/19564591 | title= The Nayars of South Malabar | first1=Joan | last1=Mencher | year=1963 | publisher=Cornell University Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/1_20200409_20200409_1359 | title=Perumāḷs of Kerala: Brahmin Oligarchy and Ritual Monarchy : Political and Social Conditions of Kerala Under the Cēra Perumāḷs of Makōtai (c. AD 800-AD 1124) | first1=Muttayil Govindamenon Sankara | last1=Narayanan | date= January 1996 | publisher=Current Books Thrissur | isbn=8193368320}}</ref> |
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[[Robin Jeffrey]], an [[anthropologist]], described the Samantans as, "A [[matrilineal]] [[caste]] ranking between [[Nair]]s and [[Kshatriyas]]" <ref>{{cite book |title=The Decline of Nayar Dominance: Society and Politics in Travancore, 1847–1908 |url=https://archive.org/details/declineofnayardo0000jeff |first=Robin |last=Jeffrey |authorlink=Robin Jeffrey |year=1976|publisher=Sussex University Press |isbn=0-85621-054-4}}</ref> |
[[Robin Jeffrey]], an [[anthropologist]], described the Samantans as, "A [[matrilineal]] [[caste]] ranking between [[Nair]]s and [[Kshatriyas]]" <ref>{{cite book |title=The Decline of Nayar Dominance: Society and Politics in Travancore, 1847–1908 |url=https://archive.org/details/declineofnayardo0000jeff |first=Robin |last=Jeffrey |authorlink=Robin Jeffrey |year=1976|publisher=Sussex University Press |isbn=0-85621-054-4}}</ref> |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
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| Kerala | |
| Languages | |
| Malayalam, Sanskrit | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Illathu Nairs, Kiryathil Nairs, Nambiar, Eradi, Swaroopathil Nair |
Samantan Nair, also known as Samanthan Nair or just Samantan (meaning "equal to" or "deemed to be"), was a generic term applied to dignify a group of sub-clans among the ruling elites (Naduvazhi) and feudal lords (Jenmimar) of the Nair community in Kerala.[1][2]
Robin Jeffrey, an anthropologist, described the Samantans as, "A matrilineal caste ranking between Nairs and Kshatriyas" [3]
References
- ^ Mencher, Joan (1963). "The Nayars of South Malabar". Cornell University Press.
- ^ Narayanan, Muttayil Govindamenon Sankara (January 1996). Perumāḷs of Kerala: Brahmin Oligarchy and Ritual Monarchy : Political and Social Conditions of Kerala Under the Cēra Perumāḷs of Makōtai (c. AD 800-AD 1124). Current Books Thrissur. ISBN 8193368320.
- ^ Jeffrey, Robin (1976). The Decline of Nayar Dominance: Society and Politics in Travancore, 1847–1908. Sussex University Press. ISBN 0-85621-054-4.