Kanyakubja Brahmin
A sub caste of Brahmin community
Kanyakubja Brahmins are an endogamous[2] Brahmin community mainly found in northern India. They are classified as one of the Pancha Gauda Brahmin communities native to the north of the Vindhyas.[3]
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| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh • Madhya Pradesh • West Bengal • Chhattisgarh • Jharkhand • Bihar • Assam • Tripura • Himachal Pradesh • Maharashtra • Uttarakhand • Nepal | |
| Languages | |
| Hindi • Kannauji • Awadhi • Nepali • Marathi • Bhojpuri • Bengali[1] • other Indo-Aryan languages | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Saraswat Brahmins • Gauda Brahmins • Maithil Brahmins • Bengali Brahmins • Utkala Brahmins |
Social status change
During the Medieval Imperial Era of Kannauj, Kanyakubja Brahmins became the leading Brahmins.[4] In Uttar Pradesh, they are considered the highest class of Brahmins.[5]
Military change
Kanyakubja Brahmins supplied excellent recruits in the old Bengal Army. There were only two regiments of Brahmins in Bengal Army which recruited exclusively from Kanyakubja Brahmins. It is from this tribe that most of the soldiers in two Brahmin regiments 1st Brahmans & 3rd Brahmans were drawn.[6]
Notable people change
Religious figures change
- Ramananda, 14th century Vaishnav poet and founder of Ramanandi sect.[7][8][9][10]
- Bhagat Parmanand, Vaishnav mystic and saint-poet.[11]
- Swaroopanand Saraswati, Indian Religious leader and Former Shankaracharya of Dwarka.[12]
Politicians change
- Ravishankar Shukla, first chief minister of Madhya Pradesh[13]
- Shyama Charan Shukla, former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh[13]
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India[14]
- Bindeshwari Dubey, Former Chief Minister of Bihar.[15]
- Dwarka Prasad Mishra, Writer, Journalist and Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.[13]
Poets/Writers change
- Bāṇabhaṭṭa, 7th century Sanskrit writer and poet from Kannauj.[16]
- Jayadeva, 12th century Sanskrit Poet.[17]
- Suryakant Tripathi, Indian poet and novelist.[18]
- Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, Indian Hindi writer and editor.[19]
- Kavi Bhushan, Court poet of Bundeli king Chhatrasal & Marathi king Shivaji.[20]
- Nand Dulare Bajpai, famous Hindi critic.[21]
Freedom Fighters change
- Chandra Shekhar Azad, An Indian Revolutionary.[22]
References change
- ↑ Sengupta, Nitish K. (2001). History of the Bengali-Speaking People. UBS Publishers' Distributors. p. 25. ISBN 81-7476-355-4.
- ↑ Suhasini Bhatnagar and Suraksha Agrawal (2016). "Surname Endogamy among the Brahmin of India". Current Sociology. 50 (6): 853–861. doi:10.1177/0011392102050006005. S2CID 145181320.
- ↑ Upinder Singh (2008). A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India. Pearson Education India. p. 575. ISBN 9788131711200.
- ↑ Chintamani Vinayak Vaidya (1979). History of Mediaeval Hindu India: Rise of Hindu kingdoms. Cosmo publications. p. 339.
- ↑ Angela S. Burger (2022). Uttar Pradesh : General Background Opposition in a Dominant Party System A Study of the Jan Sangh, the Praja Socialist Party, and the Socialist Party in Uttar Pradesh, India. University of California Press. p. 27. ISBN 9780520365568.
- ↑ Gaylor, John (1992). Sons of John Company. The Indian & Pakistan Armies 1903-1991. p. 130. ISBN 0-946771-98-7.
- ↑ Van Der Veer, Peter (17 December 2020). Gods on Earth – The Management of Religious Experience and Identity in a North Indian Pilgrimage Centre. Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9781000324570.
- ↑ Singh, Vidyotma (2005). Saints of Ancient and Medieval India. Vista International Publishing House.
- ↑ books, folk (1999). Journal of Vaiṣṇava Studies. Folk books.
- ↑ Muhammad Abu laylah, George F. mclean (1989). المنقذ من الضّلال والموصل إلى ذي العزّة والجلال. Council for Research in Values and Philosophy. p. 100.
- ↑ Thielemann, Selina (2000). Singing the Praises Divine Music in the Hindu Tradition. A.P.H. publishing corporation. ISBN 9788176481656.
- ↑ Sharma, Anima (2005). Tribe in Transition. Mittal Publications. p. 334.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Journal of the Society for Study of State Governments. 1972. p. 131.
- ↑ Singh, N. K (31 May 1996). "Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A private person with strong dislikes and few close friends". India Today. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ↑ Good News, Bad News. Punnoose Tharyan. 1999. p. 156.
- ↑ Singh, Upinder. History Of Ancient And Early Medeival India From The Stone Age To The 12th Century. Penguin Books Limited. p. 110.
- ↑ D. Prahladacharya, Rāṣṭrīyasaṃskr̥tavidyāpīṭhaṃ Lal (2002). Utkalaśrīmañjūṣālanguage. Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha.
- ↑ Mehrotra, Arvind Krishna (12 December 2006). Last Bungalow: Writings on Allahabad. Penguin Books Limited. p. 197. ISBN 978-93-5214-094-7.
- ↑ Mody, Sujata S. "Dwivedi, Mahavir Prasad". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/97284. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ People's Raj. Vol. 30. Directorate-General of Information and Public Relations. 1974. p. 78.
- ↑ Misra, Ramprasad (1998). Dosau assī sāhityakāra (in Hindi). Satsahitya Bhandara. p. 34.
- ↑ Misra, Ramprasad (1998). Dosau assī sāhityakāra (in Hindi). Satsahitya Bhandara. p. 34.