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Sodhi

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{{Short description|northern Indian sub-caste of the Khatris and Jats}}
'''Sodhi''' is a [[Khatri]] subcaste and [[Jats|Jat]] clan from the [[Punjab]] region.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Prithvi Pal|title=The history of Sikh Gurus|publisher=Lotus Press|year=2006|isbn=81-8382-075-1|location=New Delhi|pages=52, 54}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=13 May 2021|title=Sikism - Guru Ram Das|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sikhism/Guru-Angad#ref288716|url-status=live|website=Britannica}}</ref><ref name=eos>{{cite book |editor=Harbans Singh |title=The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism: S-Z |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XhXYAAAAMAAJ |year=1992 |publisher=Punjabi University |isbn=978-81-7380-530-1 |page=225 }}</ref> Seven of the [[Sikh gurus|Sikh Gurus]], from Guru [[Guru Ram Das|Ram Das]] on, were Sodhis.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite book |title=The A to Z of Sikhism |url=https://archive.org/details/tozsikhismthetoz00mcle |url-access=limited |author=W. H. McLeod |author-link=W. H. McLeod |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-8108-6828-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/tozsikhismthetoz00mcle/page/n118 86]}}</ref>

In the [[Bachittar Natak]], attributed to [[Guru Gobind Singh]], Sodhis are described as linear descendants of [[Lava (Ramayana)|Lava]], one of the twin sons of [[Sita]] and [[Rama]]. According to the legend, some of the descendants migrated to ''Sanaudh'', where the clan chieftain married the daughter of the king and had a son ''Sodhi'', whose descendants ruled over the Sanaudh country.<ref name=eos/>

At the time of the [[Sikh Empire]], Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]] awarded aristocratic Sodhi patricians grants of jagirs, feudal, titular land grants and lordships bestowed upon subjected noblemen and patrons by a ruling monarch, worth {{INR}}500,000 a year. Ranjit Singh lavishly patronised a descendant of ''Dhir Mal'', Sodhi Sadhu Singh, with a gift of several villages.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Grewal|first1=J. S.|title=The Sikhs of the Punjab|date=1998|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=0-521-63764-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/sikhsofpunjab0000grew/page/115 115]|edition=Revised|url=https://archive.org/details/sikhsofpunjab0000grew/page/115}}</ref> The original copy of the [[Adi Granth]], also known as the ''Kartarpuri Bir'', is reported to be in the possession of the descendants of Sodhi Sadhu Singh at Kartarpur.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Original copy of Guru Granth Sahib at Kartarpur|date=30 August 2004|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/30/stories/2004083005910900.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911025016/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/30/stories/2004083005910900.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2016|journal=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=22 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Daljit Singh|title=Authenticity Of The Kartarpuri Bir (Updated)|url=https://www.sikhphilosophy.net/threads/authenticity-of-the-kartarpuri-bir-updated.35209/|website=Sikh Philosophy Network|accessdate=22 August 2017}}</ref>

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Sodhi

2026-09-12T23:53:57Z

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{{Short description|northern Indian sub-caste of the Khatris}}
'''Sodhi''' is a [[Khatri]] subcaste and [[Jats|Jat]] clan from the [[Punjab]] region.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Prithvi Pal|title=The history of Sikh Gurus|publisher=Lotus Press|year=2006|isbn=81-8382-075-1|location=New Delhi|pages=52, 54}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=13 May 2021|title=Sikism - Guru Ram Das|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sikhism/Guru-Angad#ref288716|url-status=live|website=Britannica}}</ref><ref name=eos>{{cite book |editor=Harbans Singh |title=The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism: S-Z |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XhXYAAAAMAAJ |year=1992 |publisher=Punjabi University |isbn=978-81-7380-530-1 |page=225 }}</ref> Seven of the [[Sikh gurus|Sikh Gurus]], from Guru [[Guru Ram Das|Ram Das]] on, were Sodhis.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite book |title=The A to Z of Sikhism |url=https://archive.org/details/tozsikhismthetoz00mcle |url-access=limited |author=W. H. McLeod |author-link=W. H. McLeod |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-8108-6828-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/tozsikhismthetoz00mcle/page/n118 86]}}</ref>

In the [[Bachittar Natak]], attributed to [[Guru Gobind Singh]], Sodhis are described as linear descendants of [[Lava (Ramayana)|Lava]], one of the twin sons of [[Sita]] and [[Rama]]. According to the legend, some of the descendants migrated to ''Sanaudh'', where the clan chieftain married the daughter of the king and had a son ''Sodhi'', whose descendants ruled over the Sanaudh country.<ref name=eos/>

At the time of the [[Sikh Empire]], Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]] awarded aristocratic Sodhi patricians grants of jagirs, feudal, titular land grants and lordships bestowed upon subjected noblemen and patrons by a ruling monarch, worth {{INR}}500,000 a year. Ranjit Singh lavishly patronised a descendant of ''Dhir Mal'', Sodhi Sadhu Singh, with a gift of several villages.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Grewal|first1=J. S.|title=The Sikhs of the Punjab|date=1998|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=0-521-63764-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/sikhsofpunjab0000grew/page/115 115]|edition=Revised|url=https://archive.org/details/sikhsofpunjab0000grew/page/115}}</ref> The original copy of the [[Adi Granth]], also known as the ''Kartarpuri Bir'', is reported to be in the possession of the descendants of Sodhi Sadhu Singh at Kartarpur.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Original copy of Guru Granth Sahib at Kartarpur|date=30 August 2004|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/30/stories/2004083005910900.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911025016/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/30/stories/2004083005910900.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2016|journal=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=22 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Daljit Singh|title=Authenticity Of The Kartarpuri Bir (Updated)|url=https://www.sikhphilosophy.net/threads/authenticity-of-the-kartarpuri-bir-updated.35209/|website=Sikh Philosophy Network|accessdate=22 August 2017}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Indian surnames]]
[[Category:Punjabi tribes]]
[[Category:Khatri clans]]
[[Category:Punjabi-language surnames]]