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adversaries to indicate a bit of disdain by the Vedics seems plausible. In the prolonged struggle between the two groups, the “kṣetriyas' were over-ridden and the word “kşetriya' got absorbed as 'kṣatriya' in the Brahmanic diction.
The issue needs further research to give finality to the question as to who were the actual or the original ‘ksatriyas'?
References :
1. Manusmrti 1.31 2. Rgveda, 10.90.11-12 3. Ibid 10. 90.11 4. Ibid 10. 90.12 .5. Ibid 10. 90.13 6. Ibid 10. 90.14 7. Kalpasūtra 1.17 8. 'Sacred Books of the East' Max Muller, xxii page 225 9. Jainism in North India'by C. J. Shah, p.14
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