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Hindu behaviour and experience
BrahminNayarKshatriyaKerala

A priest and a yajamana
In the Hindu tradition, a yajamana is the ritual patron, on whose behalf a religious ritual or a yajna is performed by a priest, generally a Brahmin.[1][2] The term Yajamana, also corrupted to Eshmanan was a term to address Nayar and Kshatriya feudal landlords in Kerala
References
^ Mantra, SUNY Series in Religious Studies,
Harvey P. Alper, SUNY Press, 1989 p. 51
^ Society and Religion: From Rugveda to Puranas,
Jayant Gadkari, Popular Prakashan, 1996 p. 27
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