Kaushik

Kaushik (Hindi: कौशिक) or Kaushike (Marathi: कौशिक) or Koushik/Kousik is a surname and gotra of Brahmins named after Brahmarishi Vishvamitra.^[1] Kaushik/Koushik is ancient Indian "Gotra" applied to an Indian clan. Origin of Kaushik can be referenced to an ancient Hindu text. There was a Rishi (saint) by the name of "Vishvamitra" literally meaning 'friend of the universe', "Vishwa" as in universe and "Mitra" as in friend, he was also called as Rishi "Kaushik". Vishvamitra is famous in many legendary stories and in different works of Hindu literature.^[1]^[2] Kaushika is pravara of Vishwamitra gotra.^[3]

Etymology

The name "Koushika" (i.e. Kaushik) literally means "descended from Kusha".^[4]

Notable people

Notable people with the surname include:

Sports

Shivil Kaushik, Indian cricketer
Manish Kaushik (boxer), Indian boxer
Haripal Kaushik, Indian field hockey player, military officer and television commentator
Jagannathan Kaushik, Indian cricketer
Ankit Kaushik, Indian cricketer
Aditya Kaushik, Indian cricketer
Maharaj Krishan Kaushik, former coach of Indian women's hockey team
Madhav Kaushik,Indian cricketer

Entertainers

Ashutosh Kaushik, Indian actor
Amar Kaushik, Indian director and actor
Satish Kaushik, Indian film director, producer, and actor
Kavita Kaushik, Indian actress
Dinesh Kaushik, Indian actor
Aravind Kaushik, Indian film director, screenwriter who works in Kannada cinema
Tashu Kaushik, Indian film actress and model
Kabeer Kaushik, Indian film director and screenwriter
Rishi Kaushik, Indian actor
Divyansha Kaushik, Indian actress

Politicians

Dharamlal Kaushik, BJP politician from Chhattisgarh
Madan Kaushik, BJP politician from Uttarakhand
Anil Kaushik, Indian National Congress politician from Maharashtra
Dinesh Kaushik (politician), Indian politician from Haryana
Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Indian politician from Haryana
Purushottam Kaushik, former Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh
Naresh Kaushik, Indian politician from Haryana
K. M. Koushik, former Indian politician from Maharashtra

Others

Ravindra Kaushik, Indian Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) agent who lived undercover in Pakistan
Bhupendra Nath Kaushik, Indian Hindi and Urdu language poet, writer and satirist
Ramanath Cowsik, astrophysicist
Kaushik Basu economist
Kaushik Ganguly Indian film director

References

^ ^a ^b The Eastern Anthropologist, Volumes 42-43. Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society. 1989. p. 218. The list of sages varies in different sacred books, but their gotra names are Kashyapa, Vasishta, Agastya, Bhrigu, Gautam, Bharadvaja, Atri and Viswamitra or Kaushik. Often the names of gotras, such as Kaushik, Kashyapa and Bharadwaja, are employed as surnames by the Brahmans
^ Devdutt Pattanaik (9 October 2017). Ram: The Student (Penguin Petit). Penguin Random House India. ISBN 9789387326064. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
^ Syed Siraj ul Hassan (1989). The Castes and Tribes of H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions, Volume 1. Asian Educational Services. p. 120. ISBN 9788120604889.
^ Bibek Debroy (9 September 2016). Harivamsha. Penguin UK. p. 435. ISBN 9789386057914. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

[abc-1] The Eastern Anthropologist, Volumes 42-43. Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society. 1989. p. 218. The list of sages varies in different sacred books, but their gotra names are Kashyapa, Vasishta, Agastya, Bhrigu, Gautam, Bharadvaja, Atri and Viswamitra or Kaushik. Often the names of gotras, such as Kaushik, Kashyapa and Bharadwaja, are employed as surnames by the Brahmans

[2] Devdutt Pattanaik (9 October 2017). Ram: The Student (Penguin Petit). Penguin Random House India. ISBN 9789387326064. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

[3] Syed Siraj ul Hassan (1989). The Castes and Tribes of H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions, Volume 1. Asian Educational Services. p. 120. ISBN 9788120604889.

[4] Bibek Debroy (9 September 2016). Harivamsha. Penguin UK. p. 435. ISBN 9789386057914. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

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