Talk:Samantan

message: I think Pillais were also samanthans, since Ettuveettil Pillais were related to the Traancore royal family. In malabar one can see nairs of royal lineage with surnames like nairs, mooppil Nairs etc. I think Thampis are found only in Travancore. I read in one post in Nair article that there were no rule in samanthans marrying other nairs and Veluthampi's father was a pillai. Any comments?
Ashwin
Well it is possible pillais are samanthans...because my mothers family is unnithans and in the past they didnt marry any other nairs....but for pillais it was ok..they used to marry pillais...so i guess ur rite...pillais also have some sort of a place in this list..after all, all the pillais were 'thirumukoms' which is just below thirumeni.. - Manu
Have u forgotten the history "Kallanum maravanum pillayayinaan".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.147.157.18 (talk) 12:12, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Take your hatred towards Nairs to some other place. The Tamil saying you quoted refers to Tamil caste system and is not even remotely connected to the caste system in Kerala. It refers to the promotion of Kallars to Maravar first, then from Maravar to Agamudaiyan and then from Agamudaiyan to Vellala Pillai. 122.177.193.85 (talk) 15:20, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Hello Everyone

message: The Samanthan article was redirected to Samanta Kshatriya. However after verifying the sources i have found that there is a difference between these groups. Samanthans are not Samanta Kshatriyas which is merely the traditional name of the Malayala Kshatriyas. Thus Samanta Kshatriya now redirects to Malayala Kshatriyas while the redirect from Samanthan has been removed. Manu
Changed "are a class of Kshatriyas " to "are a Savarna caste". Samanthans are not classified as as a Kshatriya caste. --Ags100 16:38, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Redirects

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message: I have removed all statements relating to Sadasivan and namboothiri.com. The latter is an advocacy group and publishes quite a lot of dubious twaddle concerning historical matters; the former has been widely contested at other Nair-related articles. - Sitush (talk) 06:34, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sadasivan and namboothiri.com 

message: checked the source page 167 , -  A group of castes known as Ambalavasis (temple servants) and Samantans (ruling chiefs) were placed above the majority of Nayars
Most Samantans subcastes intermarry among one another, though the men might also marry
Nayar women and the women might take Brahmin husband
In Ernad taluq, specifically in Angadi, the matrilineal caste groups include several Ambilavasi subcastes, Samantans, Nayars
and Chalians 68.33.4.126 (talk) 04:57, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Samanthan - original source in Article JOAN P. MENCHER , The Nayars of South  Malabar - placed above the majority of Nayars