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Das (surname)

2023-07-19T01:23:22Z

2601:C2:1780:6EA0:1469:29D1:C8C3:A97D: Fixed typo

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{more citations needed|date=February 2017}}
'''Das''' ([[Indian English|translation]]: ''servant of the divine''<ref name="isbn1-4286-1308-0">{{cite book|title=Essays And Lectures On The Religions Of The Hindus: Religious Sects of the Hindus V1|year=2006|isbn=1-4286-1308-0|page=353|author=das}}</ref>) is a common last name in [[South Asia]], among adherents of [[Hinduism]] and [[Sikhism]]. It is a derived from the Sanskrit word [[Dasa]] (Sanskrit: दास) with a multiplicity of meanings including "devotee," or "votary". "Das" may be inferred to be one who has surrendered to divinity <ref>{{cite web |title=Das Family History |url=https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=das |website=Ancestry.com |access-date=10 September 2019}}</ref>

In [[Bengal]], 'Das' is primarily used as a surname in the [[Kayastha]] community. 'Das-Gupta” is used by the [[Baidya]] caste of [[Bengal]].

In [[Assam]] the [[Jalia Kaibarta|Kaibarta]] and other schedule caste communities also uses Das as their surname.<ref>{{cite book |date=1911 |title=Census of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ywpFAQAAMAAJ&q=das+mahishya |location=India |publisher=Government of India |edition=Volume 5, Issue 1 |page=498}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Roy |first1=Dayabati |date=19 December 2013 |title=Rural Politics in India: Political Stratification and Governance in West Bengal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3bn1AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA67 |location=United Kingdom |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=67 |isbn=978-1-107-04235-3}}</ref>

In [[Odisha]], the 'Das' surname is used by the [[Gopal (caste)|Gopal]] and [[Karan (caste)|Karan]] castes, also 'Dash' is used by the [[Brahmins]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/118750/12/12_chapter%25205.pdf |title=shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in}}</ref>

In the [[Punjab region]] of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]],<ref name="Punjabi surnames">{{cite web|url = http://www.groupsrv.com/science/about146639.html| title = Sikh surnames|publisher = Science groupsrv|access-date = 19 April 2009}}</ref> they generally belong to the [[Punjabi Brahmins|Brahmin]] caste.<ref name="Punjabi Brahmin">{{cite web|url = http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/Martyrs/matisatidyal/MatiSatiDyal.htm| title = Bhai Mati Das|publisher = Sikh Heritage|access-date = 19 April 2009}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Abhishek Das (footballer)|Abhishek Das]], Indian football player
* [[Ajit Das]], Indian actor
* [[Amil Kumar Das]], Indian astronomer
* [[Arjun Das]], Indian actor
* [[Atulananda Das]], Indian botanist
* [[Beni Madhab Das]]
* [[Bhagavan Das (Theosophy)|Bhagavan Das]], Indian Theosophist
* [[Bhagavan Das (yogi)|Bhagavan Das]], an American yogi
* [[Bhagwan Das]]
* [[Bhai Dyal Das]], Sikh martyr
* [[Bhai Mati Das]], Sikh martyr
* [[Bhai Sati Das]], Sikh martyr
* [[Bibhusita Das]], Indian marine engineer
* [[Bina Das]]
* [[Bishnu Charan Das]], Indian politician
* [[Brojen Das]]
* [[Chittaranjan Das]], a Bengali lawyer and a major figure in the Indian independence movement
* [[Dinesh Das]], a Bengali poet
* [[Durga Mohan Das]]
* [[Gardhab Das]], fictional character
* [[Gobindachandra Das]]
* [[Gopabandhu Das]], Indian Freedom Fighter, Reformer, Journalist and educationist from Odisha
* [[Gurcharan Das]], Punjabi Hindu columnist for ''The Times of India''
* [[Guru Amar Das]], the third of the [[The Sikh Gurus|Ten Gurus of Sikhism]]
* [[Guru Ram Das]], the fourth of the Sikh gurus
* [[Hima Das]], Assamese sprinter
* [[Jagannath Prasad Das]], researcher in psychometrics and author of the ([[PASS theory of intelligence]])
* [[Jatin Das (painter)|Jatin Das]], Indian painter from Odisha
* [[Jatindra Nath Das]], Freedom fighter
* [[Jibanananda Das]], a Bengali poet
* [[Jyotsna Das]], Indian film actress
* [[K. S. R. Das]], Indian film director
* [[Kamala Das]]
* [[Khagen Das]]
* [[Krishna das Babaji]]
* [[Liton Das]], Bangladeshi Cricketer
* [[Madhusudan Das]], Odia Lawyer and Indian nationalist of the 19th century.
* [[Manoj Das]], English and Odia writer
* [[Monica Das]]
* [[Namit Das]] is an [[Indian film]] and theatre actor.
* [[Nandita Das]], Indian film actress/director from Odisha
* [[Parichay Das]], path-breaker Bhojpuri- Hindi poet, essayist, critic<ref name="isbn1-4286-1308-0" />
* [[Prosenjit Das]], Indian cricketer
* [[Radha Charan Das]], Former Vice-Chancellor of Berhampur University
* [[Raja Bhagwant Das]], Rajasthani ruler of [[Amber, India|Amber]]
* [[Ram Dass]]
* [[Ranjan Das]]
* [[Rima Das]], Assamese Indian filmmaker
* [[Sarala Dasa]], 14th-century poet of Odisha
* [[Sarat Chandra Das]], Indian scholar of Tibetan language
* [[Satish Ranjan Das]]
* [[Seth Govind Das]]
* [[Shaktikanta Das]], Governor of R.B.I.
* [[Shiv Sunder Das]], Indian Cricketer from Odisha
* [[Shomie Das]], schoolmaster
* [[Shraddha Das]], Indian film actress
* [[Sudhi Ranjan Das]]
* [[Suhasini Das]]
* [[Sujita Das]], Indian Radio personality
* [[Surya Das]]
* [[Tapan Das]],Assamese Actor
* [[Vasundhara Das]], Indian actress and singer
* [[Veena Das]]
* [[Vir Das]], comedian and actor

==See also==
* [[Dasa]]
* [[Dass (disambiguation)]]
* [[Gopal Das (disambiguation)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{surname}}

[[Category:Indian surnames]]
[[Category:Assamese-language surnames]]
[[Category:Bengali Hindu surnames]]
[[Category:Punjabi tribes]]

Das (surname)

2023-07-19T01:22:52Z

2601:C2:1780:6EA0:1469:29D1:C8C3:A97D: Fixed definition of Das in Bengal

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{more citations needed|date=February 2017}}
'''Das''' ([[Indian English|translation]]: ''servant of the divine''<ref name="isbn1-4286-1308-0">{{cite book|title=Essays And Lectures On The Religions Of The Hindus: Religious Sects of the Hindus V1|year=2006|isbn=1-4286-1308-0|page=353|author=das}}</ref>) is a common last name in [[South Asia]], among adherents of [[Hinduism]] and [[Sikhism]]. It is a derived from the Sanskrit word [[Dasa]] (Sanskrit: दास) with a multiplicity of meanings including "devotee," or "votary". "Das" may be inferred to be one who has surrendered to divinity <ref>{{cite web |title=Das Family History |url=https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=das |website=Ancestry.com |access-date=10 September 2019}}</ref>

In [[Bengal]], 'Das' is primarily used as a surname in the [[Kayastha]] of [[Bengal]]. 'Das-Gupta” is used by the [[Baidya]] caste of [[Bengal]].

In [[Assam]] the [[Jalia Kaibarta|Kaibarta]] and other schedule caste communities also uses Das as their surname.<ref>{{cite book |date=1911 |title=Census of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ywpFAQAAMAAJ&q=das+mahishya |location=India |publisher=Government of India |edition=Volume 5, Issue 1 |page=498}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Roy |first1=Dayabati |date=19 December 2013 |title=Rural Politics in India: Political Stratification and Governance in West Bengal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3bn1AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA67 |location=United Kingdom |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=67 |isbn=978-1-107-04235-3}}</ref>

In [[Odisha]], the 'Das' surname is used by the [[Gopal (caste)|Gopal]] and [[Karan (caste)|Karan]] castes, also 'Dash' is used by the [[Brahmins]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/118750/12/12_chapter%25205.pdf |title=shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in}}</ref>

In the [[Punjab region]] of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]],<ref name="Punjabi surnames">{{cite web|url = http://www.groupsrv.com/science/about146639.html| title = Sikh surnames|publisher = Science groupsrv|access-date = 19 April 2009}}</ref> they generally belong to the [[Punjabi Brahmins|Brahmin]] caste.<ref name="Punjabi Brahmin">{{cite web|url = http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/Martyrs/matisatidyal/MatiSatiDyal.htm| title = Bhai Mati Das|publisher = Sikh Heritage|access-date = 19 April 2009}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Abhishek Das (footballer)|Abhishek Das]], Indian football player
* [[Ajit Das]], Indian actor
* [[Amil Kumar Das]], Indian astronomer
* [[Arjun Das]], Indian actor
* [[Atulananda Das]], Indian botanist
* [[Beni Madhab Das]]
* [[Bhagavan Das (Theosophy)|Bhagavan Das]], Indian Theosophist
* [[Bhagavan Das (yogi)|Bhagavan Das]], an American yogi
* [[Bhagwan Das]]
* [[Bhai Dyal Das]], Sikh martyr
* [[Bhai Mati Das]], Sikh martyr
* [[Bhai Sati Das]], Sikh martyr
* [[Bibhusita Das]], Indian marine engineer
* [[Bina Das]]
* [[Bishnu Charan Das]], Indian politician
* [[Brojen Das]]
* [[Chittaranjan Das]], a Bengali lawyer and a major figure in the Indian independence movement
* [[Dinesh Das]], a Bengali poet
* [[Durga Mohan Das]]
* [[Gardhab Das]], fictional character
* [[Gobindachandra Das]]
* [[Gopabandhu Das]], Indian Freedom Fighter, Reformer, Journalist and educationist from Odisha
* [[Gurcharan Das]], Punjabi Hindu columnist for ''The Times of India''
* [[Guru Amar Das]], the third of the [[The Sikh Gurus|Ten Gurus of Sikhism]]
* [[Guru Ram Das]], the fourth of the Sikh gurus
* [[Hima Das]], Assamese sprinter
* [[Jagannath Prasad Das]], researcher in psychometrics and author of the ([[PASS theory of intelligence]])
* [[Jatin Das (painter)|Jatin Das]], Indian painter from Odisha
* [[Jatindra Nath Das]], Freedom fighter
* [[Jibanananda Das]], a Bengali poet
* [[Jyotsna Das]], Indian film actress
* [[K. S. R. Das]], Indian film director
* [[Kamala Das]]
* [[Khagen Das]]
* [[Krishna das Babaji]]
* [[Liton Das]], Bangladeshi Cricketer
* [[Madhusudan Das]], Odia Lawyer and Indian nationalist of the 19th century.
* [[Manoj Das]], English and Odia writer
* [[Monica Das]]
* [[Namit Das]] is an [[Indian film]] and theatre actor.
* [[Nandita Das]], Indian film actress/director from Odisha
* [[Parichay Das]], path-breaker Bhojpuri- Hindi poet, essayist, critic<ref name="isbn1-4286-1308-0" />
* [[Prosenjit Das]], Indian cricketer
* [[Radha Charan Das]], Former Vice-Chancellor of Berhampur University
* [[Raja Bhagwant Das]], Rajasthani ruler of [[Amber, India|Amber]]
* [[Ram Dass]]
* [[Ranjan Das]]
* [[Rima Das]], Assamese Indian filmmaker
* [[Sarala Dasa]], 14th-century poet of Odisha
* [[Sarat Chandra Das]], Indian scholar of Tibetan language
* [[Satish Ranjan Das]]
* [[Seth Govind Das]]
* [[Shaktikanta Das]], Governor of R.B.I.
* [[Shiv Sunder Das]], Indian Cricketer from Odisha
* [[Shomie Das]], schoolmaster
* [[Shraddha Das]], Indian film actress
* [[Sudhi Ranjan Das]]
* [[Suhasini Das]]
* [[Sujita Das]], Indian Radio personality
* [[Surya Das]]
* [[Tapan Das]],Assamese Actor
* [[Vasundhara Das]], Indian actress and singer
* [[Veena Das]]
* [[Vir Das]], comedian and actor

==See also==
* [[Dasa]]
* [[Dass (disambiguation)]]
* [[Gopal Das (disambiguation)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{surname}}

[[Category:Indian surnames]]
[[Category:Assamese-language surnames]]
[[Category:Bengali Hindu surnames]]
[[Category:Punjabi tribes]]

Das (surname)

2023-07-19T01:20:54Z

2601:C2:1780:6EA0:1469:29D1:C8C3:A97D: More accuracy on the original definition of the Sanskrit term, Das, and the actual caste in Bengal.

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{more citations needed|date=February 2017}}
'''Das''' ([[Indian English|translation]]: ''servant of the divine''<ref name="isbn1-4286-1308-0">{{cite book|title=Essays And Lectures On The Religions Of The Hindus: Religious Sects of the Hindus V1|year=2006|isbn=1-4286-1308-0|page=353|author=das}}</ref>) is a common last name in [[South Asia]], among adherents of [[Hinduism]] and [[Sikhism]]. It is a derived from the Sanskrit word [[Dasa]] (Sanskrit: दास) meaning [[servant]], "devotee," or "votary". "Das" may be inferred to be one who has surrendered to divinity <ref>{{cite web |title=Das Family History |url=https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=das |website=Ancestry.com |access-date=10 September 2019}}</ref>

In [[Bengal]], 'Das' is primarily used by the [[Kayastha]] of [[Bengal]]. Also 'Das-Gupta” is used by the [[Baidya]] caste of [[Bengal]] as a surname.

In [[Assam]] the [[Jalia Kaibarta|Kaibarta]] and other schedule caste communities also uses Das as their surname.<ref>{{cite book |date=1911 |title=Census of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ywpFAQAAMAAJ&q=das+mahishya |location=India |publisher=Government of India |edition=Volume 5, Issue 1 |page=498}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Roy |first1=Dayabati |date=19 December 2013 |title=Rural Politics in India: Political Stratification and Governance in West Bengal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3bn1AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA67 |location=United Kingdom |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=67 |isbn=978-1-107-04235-3}}</ref>

In [[Odisha]], the 'Das' surname is used by the [[Gopal (caste)|Gopal]] and [[Karan (caste)|Karan]] castes, also 'Dash' is used by the [[Brahmins]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/118750/12/12_chapter%25205.pdf |title=shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in}}</ref>

In the [[Punjab region]] of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]],<ref name="Punjabi surnames">{{cite web|url = http://www.groupsrv.com/science/about146639.html| title = Sikh surnames|publisher = Science groupsrv|access-date = 19 April 2009}}</ref> they generally belong to the [[Punjabi Brahmins|Brahmin]] caste.<ref name="Punjabi Brahmin">{{cite web|url = http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/Martyrs/matisatidyal/MatiSatiDyal.htm| title = Bhai Mati Das|publisher = Sikh Heritage|access-date = 19 April 2009}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Abhishek Das (footballer)|Abhishek Das]], Indian football player
* [[Ajit Das]], Indian actor
* [[Amil Kumar Das]], Indian astronomer
* [[Arjun Das]], Indian actor
* [[Atulananda Das]], Indian botanist
* [[Beni Madhab Das]]
* [[Bhagavan Das (Theosophy)|Bhagavan Das]], Indian Theosophist
* [[Bhagavan Das (yogi)|Bhagavan Das]], an American yogi
* [[Bhagwan Das]]
* [[Bhai Dyal Das]], Sikh martyr
* [[Bhai Mati Das]], Sikh martyr
* [[Bhai Sati Das]], Sikh martyr
* [[Bibhusita Das]], Indian marine engineer
* [[Bina Das]]
* [[Bishnu Charan Das]], Indian politician
* [[Brojen Das]]
* [[Chittaranjan Das]], a Bengali lawyer and a major figure in the Indian independence movement
* [[Dinesh Das]], a Bengali poet
* [[Durga Mohan Das]]
* [[Gardhab Das]], fictional character
* [[Gobindachandra Das]]
* [[Gopabandhu Das]], Indian Freedom Fighter, Reformer, Journalist and educationist from Odisha
* [[Gurcharan Das]], Punjabi Hindu columnist for ''The Times of India''
* [[Guru Amar Das]], the third of the [[The Sikh Gurus|Ten Gurus of Sikhism]]
* [[Guru Ram Das]], the fourth of the Sikh gurus
* [[Hima Das]], Assamese sprinter
* [[Jagannath Prasad Das]], researcher in psychometrics and author of the ([[PASS theory of intelligence]])
* [[Jatin Das (painter)|Jatin Das]], Indian painter from Odisha
* [[Jatindra Nath Das]], Freedom fighter
* [[Jibanananda Das]], a Bengali poet
* [[Jyotsna Das]], Indian film actress
* [[K. S. R. Das]], Indian film director
* [[Kamala Das]]
* [[Khagen Das]]
* [[Krishna das Babaji]]
* [[Liton Das]], Bangladeshi Cricketer
* [[Madhusudan Das]], Odia Lawyer and Indian nationalist of the 19th century.
* [[Manoj Das]], English and Odia writer
* [[Monica Das]]
* [[Namit Das]] is an [[Indian film]] and theatre actor.
* [[Nandita Das]], Indian film actress/director from Odisha
* [[Parichay Das]], path-breaker Bhojpuri- Hindi poet, essayist, critic<ref name="isbn1-4286-1308-0" />
* [[Prosenjit Das]], Indian cricketer
* [[Radha Charan Das]], Former Vice-Chancellor of Berhampur University
* [[Raja Bhagwant Das]], Rajasthani ruler of [[Amber, India|Amber]]
* [[Ram Dass]]
* [[Ranjan Das]]
* [[Rima Das]], Assamese Indian filmmaker
* [[Sarala Dasa]], 14th-century poet of Odisha
* [[Sarat Chandra Das]], Indian scholar of Tibetan language
* [[Satish Ranjan Das]]
* [[Seth Govind Das]]
* [[Shaktikanta Das]], Governor of R.B.I.
* [[Shiv Sunder Das]], Indian Cricketer from Odisha
* [[Shomie Das]], schoolmaster
* [[Shraddha Das]], Indian film actress
* [[Sudhi Ranjan Das]]
* [[Suhasini Das]]
* [[Sujita Das]], Indian Radio personality
* [[Surya Das]]
* [[Tapan Das]],Assamese Actor
* [[Vasundhara Das]], Indian actress and singer
* [[Veena Das]]
* [[Vir Das]], comedian and actor

==See also==
* [[Dasa]]
* [[Dass (disambiguation)]]
* [[Gopal Das (disambiguation)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{surname}}

[[Category:Indian surnames]]
[[Category:Assamese-language surnames]]
[[Category:Bengali Hindu surnames]]
[[Category:Punjabi tribes]]