Kshatriya
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Kshatriya
First recorded in 1775–85, Kshatriya is from the Sanskrit word kṣatriya
Example Sentences
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Mr. Kshatriya says the agency made a “conscious decision” to delay Artemis II in December 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
The service module on the Orion spacecraft was provided by the European Space Agency, and Mr. Kshatriya notes that “a lot of the component-level aspects of even that machine are made in America.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
“It’s one we should constantly be addressing,” Mr. Kshatriya says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Speaking at the press conference, Nasa associate administrator Anit Kshatriya contrasted the precision of that angle with the 250,000-mile journey to the Moon.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
Visvāmitra was a Kshatriya, who, by the force of his austerities, compelled Brahma to admit him into the Brāhmanical order, so that he might be on a level with Vasishtha with whom he had quarrelled.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
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