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Revision as of 15:04, 30 May 2006 editImpuMozhi (talk | contribs)5,181 edits repairing double redirect← Previous edit Revision as of 13:11, 15 June 2023 edit undoLukeEmily (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users4,526 edits copied from Rajput. Rajputra(=Prince) whereas Rajput is a caste and the word was open-ended (horse-soldier etc.) as clarified by the sources. For example, Rajput in Hindu scriptures is defined as mixed-varna Jati with ritual status of shudras(examples: Skanda Puran or Shudrakamalakara by Kamalakara Bhatta) whereas Rajputra(prince) is not related to either caste or religion and applies for any ritual status(Brahmin prince, Kshatriya prince etc.). Redirecting one to another is absurdTags: Removed redirect RevertedNext edit →
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The Sanskrit word "rājaputra/rajputra" means "son of a king". It finds mention in some ancient ] scriptures like '']'' and '']''.
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*{{cite book|title=Valmiki Ramayana Book One Boyhood|editor=Richard Francis Gombrich |translator1=Sheldon I. Polloch |translator2=Rosalind Lefeber |translator3=Sally J. Sutherland Goldman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UZAUCgAAQBAJ&dq=rajaputra+in+valmiki+ramayana&pg=PA166|quote=Paritusto 'smi bhadram te rajaputra mahāyasah prityå paramaya yukto dadamy astrăni sarvasah|page=166|isbn=9780814731635|year=2005|publisher=New York University Press}}
*{{cite book |quote=राजपुत्रौ कुशलिनौ भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ rajputrau kushalinau bhratrau ramlakshmanau|title=Ramopakhyana - The Story of Rama in the Mahabharata|page=514|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lfoJBAAAQBAJ&dq=rajaputrau+kusalinau+bhratarau&pg=PA514|author=Peter Scharf|isbn=9781136846625|year=2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis}}</ref>

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The Sanskrit word "rājaputra/rajputra" means "son of a king". It finds mention in some ancient Hindu scriptures like Ramayana and Mahabharata.