Kanyakubja Brahmin
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Languages | |
| Historical: Awadhi, Kannauji Modern: Local languages, primarily: Standard Hindi, Bengali, Oriya | |
| Religion | |
 Hinduism (100%) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Sanadhya Brahmins, Saryupareen Brahmins and different Bengali Brahmin Communities. |
Kanyakubja Brahmins are a Brahmin community found in central India, including the state of Uttar Pradesh.Kanyakubj belongs to Panch-gauda division of brahmins.The word Kanyakubja means Brahmins of the Kannauj region. Kannauj region was spread to border of Vidisha in ancient times. Other sub-group of Kanyakubja are the Saryupareen Brahmin, and Jujhautiya Brahmin.[1]
In the 19th (held at Prayag) and 20th (held att Lucknow) national convention of Kanyakubja Brahmins by Kanyakubja Mahati Sabha, in 1926 and 1927 respectively, it appealed for unity among Kanyakubja Brahmins whose different branches included Sanadhya, Pahadi, Jujhoutia, Saryupareen, and different Bengali Brahmins. Punch gauda branches are Sārasvatas , Kanyakubja Brahmins , Gauḍa Brahmins , Utkala Brahmins , and Maithil Brahmins .[2]
See also
References
- ^ People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part Two edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 718 to 724 Manohar Publications
- ^ Saraswati, Swami Sahajanand (2003). Swami Sahajanand Saraswati Rachnawali in Six volumes (in Volume 1). Delhi: Prakashan Sansthan. pp. 519 (at p 68–69) (Volume 1). ISBN 81-7714-097-3.
Further reading
- Baldev Upadhyaya, Kashi Ki Panditya Parampara, Sharda Sansthan, Varanasi, 1985.
- Pandurang Vaman Kane, History of Dharmasastra, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute.
- Christopher Alan Bayly, Rulers, Townsmen, and Bazaars: North Indian Society in the Age of British Expansion, 1770–1870, Cambridge University Press, 1983.
- Anand A. Yang, Bazaar India: Markets, Society, and the Colonial State in Bihar, University of California Press, 1999.
- Peter Robb, Peasants, Political Economy, and Law, Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Seema Alavi, The Eighteenth Century in India, Oxford University Press, 2007
- Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi Rachnawali, Rajkamal Prakashan, Delhi.
- Arvind Narayan Das, Agrarian movements in India: studies on 20th century Bihar (Library of Peasant Studies), Routledge, London, 1982.
- M. N. Srinivas, Social Change in Modern India, Orient Longman, Delhi, 1995.