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'''Kanyakubj Brahmins''' are a [[Brahmin]] community found in [[central India]], mainly in the states of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref> People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII edited by A Hasan |
'''Kanyakubj Brahmins''' are a [[Brahmin]] community found in [[central India]], mainly in the states of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref> People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII edited by A Hasan |
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The [[Bhumihar| Bhumihar Brahmin]]s, of whom many, though not all, belong to the [[Saryupareen Brahmin]] division of [[Kanyakubja Brahmin]]s.<ref>{{cite book |
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| first = M.A. |
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| last = Sherring |
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| authorlink = M.A. Sherring |
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| title = Hindu Tribes and Castes as Reproduced in Benaras |
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| publisher = [[Asian Educational Services]] |
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| location = 6A, Shahpur Jat, New Delhi-110049, India |
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| year = First ed [[1872]], new ed [[2008]] |
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| isbn = 978-8120620360 |
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}}</ref> Therefore, there is a lot of brotherhood among these [[Brahmin]] sub-castes and [[Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi]] and Dr. [[Hazari Prasad Dwivedi]] have mentioned it in their writings.<ref>{{cite book |
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| first = Swami Sahajanand |
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| last = Saraswati |
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| authorlink = Swami Sahajanand Saraswati |
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| title = Swami Sahajanand Saraswati Rachnawali in Six volumes(Brahmarshi Vansha Vistar in Volume 1) |
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| publisher = Prakashan Sansthan |
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| location = Delhi |
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| year = 2003 |
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| isbn = 81-7714-097-3 |
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| pages = 153-519 at pg. 515-19(Volume 1) Parishisht by Acharya Tarineesh Jha |
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}}</ref> On the Jijhoutia clan of [[Bhumihar| Bhumihar Brahmin]]s (eg. [[Swami Sahajanand Saraswati]]), ''William Crooke'' writes, "A branch of the Kanaujia Brahmins ([[Kanyakubja Brahmin]]s) who take their name from the country of Jajakshuku, which is mentioned in the [[Madanpur]] inscription."<ref>{{cite book |
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| first = William |
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| last = Crooke |
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| authorlink = William Crooke |
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| title = The Tribes and Castes of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh |
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| publisher = [[Asian Educational Services]] |
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| location = 6A, Shahpur Jat, New Delhi-110049, India |
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| year =1999 |
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| isbn = 8120612108 |
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| volumes = 4 |
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}}</ref> |
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In the 19th and 20th national convention of Kanyakubja Brahmins by Kanyakubja Mahati Sabha, in 1926 and 1927 respectively, it reiterated [[Bhumihar| Bhumihar Brahmin]]s to be Kanyakubja Brahmins and appealed for unity among Kanyakubja Brahmins whose different branches included [[Sanadhya]], Pahadi, Jujhoutia, [[Saryupareen Brahmin| Saryupareen]], [[Chattisgadhi]], Bhumihar and different [[Bengali Brahmin]]s.<ref>{{cite book |
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| first = Swami Sahajanand |
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| last = Saraswati |
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| authorlink = Swami Sahajanand Saraswati |
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| title = Swami Sahajanand Saraswati Rachnawali in Six volumes (in Volume 1) |
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| publisher = Prakashan Sansthan |
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| location = Delhi |
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| year = 2003 |
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| isbn = 81-7714-097-3 |
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| pages = 519 (at p 68-69) (Volume 1) |
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}}</ref> |
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== Famous personalities == |
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* [[Atal Bihari Vajpai]] |
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* [[Ravishankar Shukla]] |
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*[[Shyama Charan Shukla]] |
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* [[Ashwani Choube]] |
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* [[Ashish Ojha]] |
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==Notes== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==References== |
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* ''[[Swami Sahajanand Saraswati]] Rachnawali'' (Selected works of Swami Sahajanand Saraswati), Prakashan Sansthan, [[Delhi]], 2003. |
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* [[Baldev Upadhyaya]], Kashi Ki Panditya Parampara, Sharda Sansthan, [[Varanasi]], 1985. |
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* M.A. Sherring, Hindu Tribes and Castes as Reproduced in Benaras, [[Asian Educational Services]], New Delhi, First edition 1872, new edition 2008. |
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*Kalhana's Rajatarangini: A Chronicle of the Kings of Kashmir; 3 Volumes > M.A.Stein (translator),(Introduction by Mohammad Ishaq Khan),published by Saujanya Books at Srinagar,2007,(First Edition pub. in 1900),ISBN: 81-8339-043-9 / 8183390439. |
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*A History of Brahmin Clans ({{IAST|Brāhmaṇa Vaṃshõ kā Itihāsa}}) in Hindi, by Dorilāl Śarmā,published by Rāśtriya Brāhamana Mahāsabhā, Vimal Building, Jamirābād, Mitranagar, Masūdābād,Aligarh-1, 2nd ed-1998. (This Hindi book contains the most exhaustive list of Brahmana gotras and pravaras together their real and mythological histories). |
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*{{IAST|Jāti-Bhāṣkara}} by Pt. Jwālā Prasād Misra, published by Khemaraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, (1914). |
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*The Tribes and Castes of Central Provinces of India, by R. V. Russel,I.C.S,(assisted by R. B. Hira Lal),4 Vols,Macmillan and Co; New Ed edition (2 Aug 1995) : Asian Educational Services,India; Language English,ISBN-10: 812060833X ,ISBN-13: 978-8120608337 |
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*''Hindu Castes and Sects'' Jogendranath Bhattacharya; First Editions :Calcutta,1896); New Ed:New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publications, 1995. |
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*Mayne's ''"Treatise on Hindu Law and Usage'',15th ed.,New Delhi: Bharat Law House, 2003. |
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*Kane, Pandurang Vaman(1880 - 1972), "History of Dharmaśāstra " (ancient and mediæval religious and civil law in India), Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. 1962 - 1975. |
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*Hindu Manners, Customs, and Ceremonies, by Abbe J. A. Dubois,English translation first published in 1816, Reprint. 1999(Third edition. Delhi, Low Price Pub.), 2 volumes, 741 p.,ISBN 81-7020-927-7. |
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*(Manusmriti) :{{ cite book | author = Translation by G. Bühler| title = Sacred Books of the East: The Laws of Manu (Vol. XXV)| publisher = Oxford | year = 1886| isbn = }} Available online as [http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/manu.htm The Laws of Manu] |
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*''History of India'' by Herman Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund, Published 2004,Routledge,448 pages,ISBN 0415329205 |
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*''{{IAST|Brāhmaṇotpatti-mārtaṇḍa'' by Harikṛṣṇa Śāstri}}, (Sanskrit), 1871 |
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== Links == |
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[http://kanyakubj.org/ kanyakubj.org] |
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[http://groups.google.com/group/kanyakubjbrahmins] |
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[[Category:Brahmin communities]] [[Category:Social groups of Uttar Pradesh]] [[Category: Social groups of Madhya Pradesh]] [[Category:Social groups of Bihar]] |
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Kanyakubj Brahmins are a Brahmin community found in central India, mainly in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.<ref> People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII edited by A Hasan