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Samantan Nair or more commonly Samantan (Sama + anta means equal distance or difference rather risen from the common masses) was a generic term applied to dignify a collection of sub-clans among the ruling elite and feudal estate owners of Kerala belonging to the Nair community.[citation needed]Robin Jeffrey an anthropologist described the Samantas as a matrilineal caste ranking between Nayars and Kshatriyas and found in limited numbers in north Travancore.

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