Nair, is the name of a Hindu forward caste from the Southern Indian state of Kerala. They are a Kshatriya caste belonging to the Nagavanshi order. Before the British conquest in 1792, the Kerala region contained small, feudal kingdoms, in each of which the royal and noble lineages, the militia, and most land managers were drawn from the Nairs and related castes like Maarans. Nairs were prominent in politics, government service, medicine, education, and law.
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- Nair, is the name of a Hindu forward caste from the Southern Indian state of Kerala. They are a Kshatriya caste belonging to the Nagavanshi order. Before the British conquest in 1792, the Kerala region contained small, feudal kingdoms, in each of which the royal and noble lineages, the militia, and most land managers were drawn from the Nairs and related castes like Maarans. Nairs were prominent in politics, government service, medicine, education, and law. Nairs constituted the rulers, warriors and landed gentry and of Kerala (pre-1947). The Nairs constitute the one of most important section among the Hindus of Kerala. Nairs were traditionally matrilineal. That is the family traces its roots through women in the family. The children inherited the property of their maternal family. Their family unit, the members of which owned property jointly, included brothers and sisters, the latter's children, and their daughters' children. The oldest man was legal head of the group and he was respected as the Karnavar of the family or Tharavadu. Rules of marriage and residence varied somewhat between kingdoms. The Nairs were known for their martial history, including their involvement in Kalaripayattu and the role of Nair warriors in the Mamankam ritual. The Nairs were classed as a martial race by the British, but were de-listed after rebelling against them under Velu Thampi Dalawa, and thereafter were recruited in low numbers into the British Indian Army. Only Nairs were recruited into the Thiruvithamkoor Nair Pattalam (Travancore State Nair Army), until 1935 when non-Nairs started to get admitted. This State Force (known also as the Nair Brigade) was merged into the Indian Army after independence and became the 9th Battalion Madras Regiment, the oldest battalion in the Indian Army. The Samanta Kshatriya Kolathiri and Travancore kingdoms were originally of the Nair caste The Zamorin Raja was a Samanthan Nair and the Arakkal kingdom of Kannur, which was the only Muslim kingdom in the Kerala region, also had Nair origins. Nair feudal families such as the Ettuveetil Pillamar were extremely influential in the past and exerted great influence on the ruling clan.
- Nair o Nayar è il nome di un gruppo etnico originario dello stato indiano del Kerala. Il termine viene fatto derivare dal sanscrito Nayaka (capo) oppure Naga (serpenti, oggetto di culto per i Nair). Le principali attività associate storicamente ai Nair, la cui posizione nel sistema di caste indiano è oggetto di discussione, sono quelle di guerrieri, storici e viaggiatori. Sono stati accomunati ai samurai giapponesi per le tecniche di guerra e il codice d'onore tradizionale. L'origine geografica dei Nair è incerta; secondo alcuni antropologi essi non sono indigeni del Kerala in quanto presentano forme di discendenza matrilineare (Marumakkathaayam), tecniche di guerra (Kalarippayattu), divinità (i serpenti Naga e le divinità Bhadhrakali) distinte dagli altri abitanti della regione. Esistono due elementi che sostengono l'ipotesi di una origine Nair dal Nepal, l'aspetto fisico (carnagione più chiara, tratti somatici più marcati) e lo stile architettonico a pagoda dei loro templi e Tharavaadu. L'elemento maggiormente distintivo è però il sistema di discendenza matrilineare del Marumakkathaayam, praticato anche dai Newar nepalesi. Nonostante ciò, un'altra teoria antropologica indica un'origine dravidica dei Nair e attribuisce i diversi tratti somatici ai matrimoni misti con i Namboothiri. La prima testimonianza storica dei Nair è datata al regno di Rama Varma Kulashekhara, nel periodo della seconda dinastia Chera, in occasione di un tentativo di invasione da parte dei Chola. Ai Nair viene attribuita la formazione di gruppi di guerrieri suicidi contro l'invasore. Non è chiaro se la dinastia Chera fosse di etnia Nair o avesse fatto ricorso a questi ultimi come classe di guerrieri. La supremazia dei Nair si riduce via via con il crollo della seconda dinastia Chera e lascia spazio ai Namboothiri come classe sociale dominante del Kerala. Il cognome Nair è diffuso anche in altre regioni del mondo, per quanto non sia provato un legame diretto con i Nair di Kerala.
- Nair is de naam van een hoge hindoe-kaste in de Zuid-Indiase staat Kerala. De Nair was de krijgshaftige adel, vergelijkbaar met de Samurai in Japan De Nairs komen prominent voor in de geschiedenis van Kerala en waren lange tijd feodale heren en krijgers voordat de Namboothiri Brahmanen kwamen, die de Varnas en het Kastesysteem invoerden.
- Nayar, - nazwa kasty wojowników w południowo-indyjskim stanie Kerala, która odegrała bardzo ważną rolę w historii tego regionu.
- Nair är en krigarkast på Malabarkusten i indiska delstaten Kerala. Kastmedlemmarna är ättlingar till soldater som tjänat för lokala furstar. Traditionellt är nair matriarkat. Ett traditionellt nairhushåll består av mor, barn, morbror (eller moderns morbror). Familjeöverhuvud är den äldsta kvinnan i hemmet. Numera ägnar sig många av kastens medlemmar åt fredliga yrken.
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- Nair, is the name of a Hindu forward caste from the Southern Indian state of Kerala. They are a Kshatriya caste belonging to the Nagavanshi order. Before the British conquest in 1792, the Kerala region contained small, feudal kingdoms, in each of which the royal and noble lineages, the militia, and most land managers were drawn from the Nairs and related castes like Maarans. Nairs were prominent in politics, government service, medicine, education, and law.
- Nair o Nayar è il nome di un gruppo etnico originario dello stato indiano del Kerala. Il termine viene fatto derivare dal sanscrito Nayaka (capo) oppure Naga (serpenti, oggetto di culto per i Nair). Le principali attività associate storicamente ai Nair, la cui posizione nel sistema di caste indiano è oggetto di discussione, sono quelle di guerrieri, storici e viaggiatori. Sono stati accomunati ai samurai giapponesi per le tecniche di guerra e il codice d'onore tradizionale.
- Nair is de naam van een hoge hindoe-kaste in de Zuid-Indiase staat Kerala. De Nair was de krijgshaftige adel, vergelijkbaar met de Samurai in Japan De Nairs komen prominent voor in de geschiedenis van Kerala en waren lange tijd feodale heren en krijgers voordat de Namboothiri Brahmanen kwamen, die de Varnas en het Kastesysteem invoerden.
- Nayar, - nazwa kasty wojowników w południowo-indyjskim stanie Kerala, która odegrała bardzo ważną rolę w historii tego regionu.
- Nair är en krigarkast på Malabarkusten i indiska delstaten Kerala. Kastmedlemmarna är ättlingar till soldater som tjänat för lokala furstar. Traditionellt är nair matriarkat. Ett traditionellt nairhushåll består av mor, barn, morbror (eller moderns morbror). Familjeöverhuvud är den äldsta kvinnan i hemmet. Numera ägnar sig många av kastens medlemmar åt fredliga yrken.
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