Sikhs lash out within the limits of Kerala (6)

I believe the answer is:

khalsa

'sikhs' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'lash out within the limits of kerala' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'within' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the limits of' means to remove the middle letters.
'kerala' with its centre removed is 'ka'.
'lash' is an anagram of 'hals'.
'hals' put inside 'ka' is 'KHALSA'.

(Another definition for khalsa that I've seen is " Sikhs".)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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