Sanatan Shastar Vidiya (hereafter referred to as the "Vidiya", i.e. science) literally translates as the “Timeless Science of Weapons”. It is the battlefield science of the traditional north Indian warrior and ruling classes known as the Kshatriya. It is a martial science as ancient as India itself. According to tradition, its mythological and prehistoric origins can be traced back to Lord Shiva - the primordial shamanic God of India. It evolved with the earliest of the Shiva worshippers - the