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Revision as of 22:10, 8 April 2011

This article is about a Brahmin sect. For the varna, see Brahmin.

Deshastha Brahmin
Regions with significant populations
Maharashtra • Delhi • Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (Gwalior, Indore, Ujjain, Dhar)
Gujarat (Baroda) • Tamil Nadu
Karnataka • Andhra Pradesh
United States • United Kingdom
Languages
First languages – Marathi • Kannada
Second languages – Gujarati • Hindi
Konkani • Tamil • English
Religion
Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
Karhade • Konkanastha • Devrukhe
Goud Saraswat Brahmin • Thanjavur Marathi
Pancha Dravida Brahmins • Marathi people

Saryupareen Brahmins also known as Sarvarya Brahmins or Saryupariya Brahmins are North Indian Brahmins who reside on the eastern plain of the Saryu River in India. Within the Saryupareen Brahmins, most Brahmin families such as Dikshits, Trivedis etc. were involved solely in the research and analysis of Vedas and other religious texts, performing Yajnas and other religious practices. These families did not perform poojas for benefactors and did not take dakshinas or donations against such prayers. Hence they were considered to be solely devoted to the quest of learning about the vedas and spreading knowledge rather than benefiting in any way through benefactors. Due to this they were seen to be incorruptible and hence superior to other Brahmins.


Therefore, there is a lot of brotherhood among these Brahmin sub-castes and Dr. Hazari Prasad Dwivedi has mentioned it in his writings.[1]

Families & Classification

These Brahmins are divided into three categories—Paitiha also known as Pankti Paavan meaning who sat in a row; Jatiha or Jaati kula also known as Gangaparin; and Tutiha or Truti kula. The Paitihas are classified into 3 plus 13 homes. The home of 3 consists of disciples of three gotras: Gargya, Gautama, and Shandilya; the Garga rishi and his disciples were the first to study the Yajurveda in their ashrams. After that, Gautama rishi and Shandilya rishi also started to study Yajurveda and Samaveda in their ashrams. The home of 3 is the most highly regarded amongst Saryupareen Brahmins. 13 other rishis learnt these and other branches of the Hindu vedas in their ashrams; and they are known as the home of 13. Similarly, Gangaparin are classified into Vashishta, Krishnatraya, Kashyapa and Bharadwaja gotras and the classification of Tutihas are Parashara, Vashishta, Upamanyu, Sankrithi, Agastya, Kaushika, etc. The family tree of Saryupareen Brahmins consists of ten branches Tiwari or Tripathi, Shukla, Mishra, Pandey, Ojha, Dikshit, Dwivedi or Dubey, Pathak, Chaturvedi or Chowbey, and Upadhyaya. The main gotra of Saryupareen Brahmins are 26. Out of these

Tri (three) gotra
1.Garga, 2.Gautama, 3.Sandilya
Das (ten) gotra
1. Kaundilya, 2. Vashista, 3. Udbahu, 4. Upamanyu, 5. Maunas, 6. Kanva, 7. Vartattu, 8. Bhrigu, 9. Agastya, 10. Kaumasya and
Terah (thirteen) gotra
1. Parasara, 2. Galava, 3. Kasyapa, 4. Kaushika, 5. Bhargava, 6. Savarnaya, 7. Atri, 8. Katyayana, 9. Angira, 10. Vatsa, 11. Sankritya, 12. Jamadagni, 13. Punah.

Other than above three gotras 1. Krishanatraya, 2. Ghritakausika, 3. Margeya are called mishrit (combined) gotra. However, 261 gotras are mentioned in some source[2].

Migration and Profession

Over the years, members of this community have migrated towards other parts of India like Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Assam, West Bengal, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and even overseas like USA, Surinam, Fiji, Guyana, Mauritius, Trinidad etc.[citation needed].

The community has influenced in professions related to civil services, medical, technology ,defense and academic fields.

Notable members

References

  1. ^ Saraswati, Swami Sahajanand (2003). Swami Sahajanand Saraswati Rachnawali in Six volumes(Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar in Volume 1). Delhi: Prakashan Sansthan. pp. 153–519 at pg. 515–19(Volume 1) Parishisht by Acharya Tarineesh Jha. ISBN 81-7714-097-3.
  2. ^ Vansavali compiled by Ahitagni Shri Yamuna Prasad Ram Tripathi Chaturmasyaji
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