Khandayat
Khandayats are a martial caste of Odisha in India. Khandayat means "master of the sword". The word, "Khanda" means sword and "Ayata" means control.[1][2] Khandayats are the kshatriya caste[3][4] in Odisha and constitute 22% of the state's population. Khandayats mainly involved in ruling and operating the body of society in ancient era.[5] See Indian name#Oriya names.
Paika Akhada
Paika means fighter or warrior in Odia language.[6] Paika Akhada is a place where the Paikas were getting their military training. The Paikas were mostly Khandayats, who had tremendous control over swords.[1][2]
References
- 1 2 Mohapatra, Dr. Hemanta Kumar (December 2014). "Martial Art Tradition of Odisha" (PDF). OdishaReview - Govt. of Odisha. OdishaReview - Govt. of Odisha. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- 1 2 Indian Association of Kickboxing Organisations, 9 February 2013. "Paika Akhada".
- ↑ Majumdar, R. C. History and Culture of Indian People, The Vedic Age. pp. 313–314.
- ↑ "Kshatriya". Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
- ↑ Bailey, Frederick George (1970). Politics and Social Change. University of California Press. p. 132.
- ↑ "Indian martial arts".
Further reading
- Ernst, Waltraud; Pati, Biswamoy, eds. (2007). India's Princely States: People, Princes and Colonialism. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-13411-988-2.
- Pati, Biswamoy (2001). Situating Social History: Orissa, 1800-1997. Orient Blackswan. ISBN 978-8-12502-007-3.
- Senapati, Fakir Mohan (2005). Six Acres and a Third: The Classic Nineteenth-century Novel about Colonial India. Mishra, Rabi Shankar (trans.). University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-52022-883-2.
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