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The precise etymology of the word Chardo is unclear. Two most probable explanations are as follows: [13] The roots of this Konkani word is said to lie in the Prakrit word Chavda, which is the name of a dynasty who are said to have migrated to Old Goa from Saurashtra in the 7th and 8th centuries, after their kingdom was destroyed by the Sunni Caliphate's conquest in around 740 AD.
Kshatriya (Sanskrit: क्षत्रिय, romanized: Kṣatriya) (from Sanskrit kṣatra, "rule, authority"; also called Rajanya) [1] is one of the four varnas (social orders) of Hindu society and is associated with the warrior aristocracy. [2]
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Hindu Dharmasastras, particularly Manusmriti written by the Prajapati Manu, states Anthony Reid, [78] were "greatly honored in Burma (Myanmar), Siam (Thailand), Cambodia and Java-Bali (Indonesia) as the defining documents of law and order, which kings were obliged to uphold. They were copied, translated and incorporated into local law code ...
The earliest application to the formal division into four social classes (without using the term varna) appears in the late Rigvedic Purusha Sukta (RV 10.90.11–12), which has the Brahman, Rajanya (instead of Kshatriya), Vaishya and Shudra classes forming the mouth, arms, thighs and feet at the sacrifice of the primordial Purusha, respectively ...
The right-hand path is commonly thought to refer to magical or religious groups which adhere to a certain set of characteristics: They divide the concepts of mind, body and spirit into three separate, albeit interrelated, entities.
The Veerakumaras are the bodyguards of Karaga who have unwavering devotion to the worship of the Goddess. Hasi Karaga/Pacchi Kargu: On the day of Chaitrasuddha Trayodashi, the Karaga Pujari, clan priests, veerakumaras and clansmen gather at the Sampangi lake courtyard, a little to the east of the Dharmarayaswamy temple, around midnight.
Sometimes, the gods worship Parvati, who came before them in different avatars: Durga, who killed the demon Mahishasura; Kali, the most ferocious form of the Goddess, who can not be pacified by anyone after war. Chandi, the gentle manifestation of Durga or Kali, who killed Mahishasura in the battle of Alkapuri. Kanyakumari, who killed Banasura