RAJANYA • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Rajanya

... devoured by dogs, but one having connection with a Kshatriya or Vaishya was merely to have her head shaved and be carried round on an ass. [21] When a Brahman received a gift from another Brahman he had to acknowledge it in a loud voice; from a Rajanya or Kshatriya, in a gentle voice; from a Vaishya, in a whisper; and from a Sudra, in his own mind. To a Brahman he commenced his thanks with the sacred syllable Om; to a king he gave thanks without the sacred Om; to a Vaishya he whispered his thanks; to a Sudra he said nothing, but thought ...

— The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) • R.V. Russell