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According to Christian Novetzke, in medieval India, Kayastha in certain parts were considered either as Brahmins or equal to Brahmins.[1] Several religious councils and institutions have subsequently stated the varna status of Chitraguptvanshi Kayasthas to be Brahmin[2]. Similarly, CKPs were classified as Kshatriya and given rights over Vedas by religious councils, Ramshatri Prabhune and the Shankaracharya himself. According to anthropologist Donald Kutz and Andre Béteille, they are considered socially close to a Marathi Brahmin community, and like them they studied the Vedas, wore the sacred thread and had a death pollution of 10 days(as opposed to 12 days for Kshatriyas)[3]. According to Novetzke, they are an intermediate caste between Brahmin and Kshatriya given that they were in the "they might have been considered as equal to Brahmin or simply within the Brahminic ecumene in the 13th century although they understand themselves to have arisen from the Kshatriya varna".[4][5][6][7][1][a]
- ^ a b Novetzke, Christian Lee (2016). The Quotidian Revolution: Vernacularization, Religion, and the Premodern Public Sphere in India. Columbia University Press. p. 159. ISBN 9780231175807.
- ^ Shukla, Indrajit (2016). Loka Shasak Maha Kal Chitragupta Tatha Cha Brahma Kayastha Gaud Brahmana. Gorakhpur: Sanatan Dharm Trust.
- ^ KS Singh (1998). India's communities. Oxford University Press. p. 2083.
..the Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu observe the thread-wearing (janeu) ceremony for male children. They cremate the dead and observe death pollution for ten days.
- ^ K.P.Bahadur, Sukhdev Singh Chib (1981). The Castes, Tribes and Culture of India. ESS Publications. p. 161.
pg 161: The [Chandraseniya] Kayastha Prabhus...They performed three of the vedic duties or karmas, studying the Vedas adhyayan, sacrificing yajna and giving alms or dana...The creed mostly accepted by them is that of the advaita school of Shankaracharya, though they also worship Vishnu, Ganapati and other gods.
- ^ André Béteille (1992). Society and Politics in India: Essays in a Comparative Perspective. Oxford University Press. p. 48. ISBN 0195630661.
Although the Chandraseniya Kayasth Prabhu are non-Brahmins, they rank very high and might be regarded as being socially proximate to the Koknasth Brahman.
- ^ Kurtz, Donald (August 1, 1997). Book Contradictions and Conflict: A Dialectical Political Anthropology of a University in Western India (Studies in Human Society, Vol 9). Brill. p. 68. ISBN 978-9004098282.
... CKPs. They represent a small but literate and ritually high caste.
- ^ Kurtz, Donald V. (2009). "The Last Institution Standing: Contradictions and the politics of Domination in an Indian University". Journal of Anthropological Research. 65 (4): 611–640. doi:10.3998/jar.0521004.0065.404. JSTOR 25608264.
The CKP jati is resident largely in Maharashtra, holds the varna rank of Kshatria, which commonly, except by some Brahmans, is accorded a caste status equal to that of the Chitpawan Brahmans.
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