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* In the Hindu [[Varna_(Hinduism)|varna]] system, Brahmakshatriya may refer to a ''[[Brahmin]]'' who pursues royalty, and hence concurrently adopts the ''[[Kshatriya]]'' varna.<ref>{{Cite book|last=MAJUMDAR|first=R. C.|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.13287|title=HISTORY OF ANCIENT BENGAL|date=1971|publisher=G. BHARADWAJ , CALCUTTA|page=220}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Paniker|first=K. Ayyappa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KYLpvaKJIMEC&dq=sena+dynasty+caste+brahmin+kshatriyas&pg=PA22|title=Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections|date=1997|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0365-5|page=22|language=en}}</ref>

==Brahmakshatriya dynasties==
* [[Sena Dynasty]]: The founder of the Sena rule was Samantasena who described himself as a Brahma-Kshatriya of Karnataka ([[Karnataka]]).<ref name="Panicker">{{cite book |last1=Paniker |first1=K. Ayyappa |title=Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections |year=1997 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-260-0365-5 |page=22 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KYLpvaKJIMEC&dq=sena+dynasty+caste+brahmin+kshatriyas&pg=PA22 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Das |first1=Sitanshu |title=Indian Nationalism: Study in Evolution |year=1999 |publisher=Har-Anand Publications |page=81 |isbn=9788124106204 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bA1uAAAAMAAJ&q=sena+dynasty+caste+brahmin+kshatriyas |language=en}}</ref> He stated that he fought the outlaws of Karnataka and later turned into an [[Asceticism|ascetic]]. The inscriptions of the Sena kings mention them as Brahma-Kshatriyas (Brahmins who ruled as Kshatriyas) or Kshatriyas.<ref name="Indenp60">{{cite book | author= Ronald. B. Inden |title= Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture : A History of Caste and Clan in Middle Period Bengal|date= January 1976| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P8b9A7J_v-UC&q=sena+kings+were+ambastha&pg=PA60 | page=60|isbn= 9780520025691}}</ref>

== In Kerala ==
In Kerala, only the sons of a [[Nambuthiri]] father and a Kshatriya mother were recognized as Brahmakshatriya by the Nambuthiri Brahmins, while the son of a Brahmakshatriya father and a non-Kshatriya mother was regarded as non-Kshatriya. The [[Nambudiri Brahmin]]s and [[Samantha Arasu Ballala]]s of [[Kasaragod]] are examples of Brahmkshatriyas by descent, while the ''Nambiathiri'' and [[Nambidi]] sect of [[Nambudiri]] Brahmins are Brahmkshatriyas by adopting a martial tradition.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/underbotreestudi0000yalm |title=Under the Bo Tree |publisher=University of California Press |year=1967 |isbn=9780520020542 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/underbotreestudi0000yalm/page/371 371]– |url-access=registration |accessdate=2 August 2011}}</ref>

== In Gujarat ==
In Gujarat, the Brahmakshatriyas as a community exists that bears cross caste identity.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dinnell |first=Darry |date=2021-04-01 |title=Review of The Other Rāma: Matricide and Genocide in the Mythology of Paraśurāma |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s42240-021-00095-1 |journal=Journal of Dharma Studies |language=en |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=155–157 |doi=10.1007/s42240-021-00095-1 |s2cid=233676041 |issn=2522-0934}}</ref> They are generally considered as a writer caste.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Isaka |first=Riho |date=2002-04-01 |title=Language and dominance: The debates over the Gujarati language in the late nineteenth century |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/00856400208723463 |journal=South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=1–19 |doi=10.1080/00856400208723463 |s2cid=144468128 |issn=0085-6401}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Shah |first=A.M. |title=The Structure of Indian Society: then and now |publisher=Routledge |year=210 |pages=175}}</ref>

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