Answer

Saitwal Jains are a Jain community, mainly associated with the Digambar Jain tradition, especially found in Maharashtra and nearby regions.

Regarding whether Saitwal Jains are “Kshatriya”: within Jain Dharma, spiritual identity is based on right faith, right knowledge, and right conduct, not on caste status. So it is better to identify Saitwals primarily as Jains, rather than focusing on whether they are Kshatriya.

Explanation

In Jain tradition:

• The Tirthankars were born in royal/Kshatriya families according to Jain tradition.
• However, Jain Dharma does not teach that spiritual purity depends on caste.
• Many Jain communities historically developed social identities based on region, occupation, or lineage.
• Saitwal is generally understood as a Jain community identity, not a core religious category like sadhu, sadhvi, shravak, or shravika.

If some Saitwal families or community histories describe themselves as Kshatriya by ancestry, that would be a social or historical claim, not a central Jain religious doctrine.

Spiritual Understanding

From a Jain point of view, the most important question is not “Which caste am I?” but:

• Am I following ahimsa?
• Am I practicing truthfulness, self-control, and compassion?
• Am I moving toward samyak darshan, samyak jnan, and samyak charitra?

Takeaway

Saitwal Jains are a Jain community, especially connected with Digambar Jain tradition. Whether they are called Kshatriya is a matter of community/social history, but Jain Dharma gives higher importance to spiritual conduct than caste identity.