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Samantan Nair
Regions with significant populations
Kerala
Languages
Malayalam , Sanskrit
Religion
Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
Illathu Nairs, Kiryathil Nairs, Nambiar, Eradi, Swaroopathil Nair

Samantan (meaning "equal to" or "deemed to be"), was a generic term applied to dignify a group of sub-clans among the ruling elites and feudal lords of the Nair community in Kerala.[1]

Robin Jeffrey, an anthropologist, described the Samantans as, "A matrilineal caste ranking between Nayars and Kshatriyas" [2]

References

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  1. ^ Mencher, Joan (1963). "The Nayars of South Malabar". Cornell University Press.
  • ^ Jeffrey, Robin (1976). The Decline of Nayar Dominance: Society and Politics in Travancore, 1847–1908. Sussex University Press. ISBN 0-85621-054-4.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samantan&oldid=1219940928"

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