Samantan

Samantan Nair
Regions with significant populations
	Kerala
Languages
	Malayalam , Sanskrit
Religion
	Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
	Illathu Nairs, Kiryathil Nairs, Nambiar, Eradi, Swaroopathil Nair

Samantan (meaning "equal to" or "deemed to be"), was a generic term applied to dignify a group of sub-clans among the ruling elites and feudal lords of the Nair community in Kerala.[1]

Robin Jeffrey, an anthropologist, described the Samantans as, "A matrilineal caste ranking between Nayars and Kshatriyas" [2]

References

Mencher, Joan (1963). "The Nayars of South Malabar". Cornell University Press.
Jeffrey, Robin (1976). The Decline of Nayar Dominance: Society and Politics in Travancore, 1847–1908. Sussex University Press. ISBN 0-85621-054-4.

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[1] Mencher, Joan (1963). "The Nayars of South Malabar". Cornell University Press.

[2] Jeffrey, Robin (1976). The Decline of Nayar Dominance: Society and Politics in Travancore, 1847–1908. Sussex University Press. ISBN 0-85621-054-4.