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'''Mudartha''' ({{lang-knn|मुदार्था <small>([[Devanagari]])</small>, ಮುದಾರ್ಥಾ <small>([[Kannada script|Kannada]])</small>}}) is a family name and title held by some [[Mangalorean Catholics|Mangalorean Catholic]] ''[[Roman Catholic Brahmin|Bamonn]]'' clans hailing from [[Udupi district]] in Karnataka.

The ancestors of the Mudarthas are believed to have originated from the [[Assagao]] and [[Anjuna]] villages of the [[Bardez]] district in northern [[Goa]].<ref name="Mudartha"/> In his historical and genealogical work on the Mudarthas, ''History of the Mudarthas'' (1996), Prof. Wilfred D'Souza traces the origin of the Mudarthas to the [[Goud Saraswat Brahmins]] who gradually migrated from [[Kashmir]] to Goa from the 2nd century BC.<ref name="Mudartha"/> He states that while the names of these Brahmin ancestors of the Mudarthas are not known, oral tradition has it that their ancestral surname is [[Prabhu]] from the male side and [[Shenoy]] from the female side.<ref name="Mudartha">{{harvnb|D'Souza|2009|loc=}}</ref>

A legend dictates that one girl from a Shenoy family of [[Calangute]] married a boy from a Prabhu family of Assagao, and their family was converted to [[Roman Catholicism]] during the middle of the 16th century.<ref name="Mudartha"/>

The clan of the original Goud Saraswat Brahmin settlers of Assagao were known as ''Mudras''.{{Ref label|a|a|none}}<ref name="Mudartha"/><ref name="Mudras"/> According to [[Sanskrit]] scholar Prof. C. D. J. Pinto, they belonged to the [[Smartha]] sect.<ref name="Mudras">{{harvnb|D'Souza|1996|p=59}}</ref> The Mudras belonged to the [[Bharadwaj]] ''[[gotra]]'' (clan), and their ''[[kuladevata]]'' (family deity) was Bhumika-[[Ravalnath]].<ref name="Mudras"/> When the Portuguese began their conversion activities, most Mudras fled with the idols of their families to the North and settled in different parts of southern [[Maharashtra]].{{Ref label|b|b|none}}<ref name="Mudartha"/> Those who remained in Bardez became Catholics and came to be called ''Mudots''.{{Ref label|c|c|none}}<ref name="Mudartha"/> Some Mudots migrated to [[South Canara]] to escape a famine in 1591 and settled down first in the Balegundi area of [[Belmannu|Belman]], where they eventually came to known as ''Mudarthas''.<ref name="Mudartha"/> Gradually, some of these Mudarthas moved towards [[Shirva, India|Shirva]] and [[Moodubelle]].<ref name="Mudartha"/>

During the 19th and 20th centuries, most of the Mudarthas changed their surname to [[Sousa (surname)|D'Souza]],<ref name="Mudartha"/> while a few from Belman still continue to bear the surname.<ref name="Belman">{{harvnb|D'Souza|1996|p=67}}</ref> According to Mangalorean genealogist [[Michael Lobo]], the known D'Souza-Mudartha clans include the D'Souza family of Belman; D'Souza family of Bendore; D'Souza family of Kirem; D'Souza family of Moodubelle; D'Souza family of [[Mulki, India|Mulki]]; D'Souza family of [[Pakshikere]]; D'Souza family of Pezar; D'Souza family of Pilar; and the D'Souza family of Shirva.<ref>{{harvnb|Lobo|2000|p=649}}</ref>

==Footnotes==
{{refbegin}}
: '''a''' {{note label|a|a|none}} While the family tradition of the Mudarthas has it that the original surname of the Mudras was Prabhu, this is denied by the Mudras themselves who assert that their surname has always been as it is.<ref name="Mudras"/>
: '''b''' {{note label|b|b|none}} Their descendants in [[North Goa]] and southern Maharashtra still carry the Mudra surname. Two notable descendants are freedom fighters Rajaram Vaman Mudra and Shashikanta Dattaram Mudra.<ref name="Mudras"/>
: '''c''' {{note label|c|c|none}} The Mudras who embraced Christianity were called ''Mudarth'' by the Hindus and ''Mudorth'' by the Christians.<ref name="Belman"/> However, the Catholic clergy recorded their surnames in the church records as ''Mudot''.<ref name="Belman"/> Their descendants at present bear [[Portuguese people|Lusitania]]n surnames such as de Souza.<ref name="Belman"/>
{{refend}}

==Citations==
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==References==
{{Refbegin|colwidth=50em}}
*{{Cite document
|last=D'Souza
|first=Eugene
|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/chan/exclusive_arch.asp?ex_id=1150
|title=Prof Wilfred D'Souza – Third Generation Teacher Who Achieved Greater Heights
|date=5 September 2009
|publisher=[[Daiji World|Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd Mangalore]]
|access-date=20 October 2008
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/65RgCkxCP?url=http://www.daijiworld.com/chan/exclusive_arch.asp?ex_id=1150
|archive-date=14 February 2012
|journal=
}}.
*{{Cite book
|last=D'Souza
|first=Wilfred R. D'Souza
|year=1996
|title=History of the Mudarthas
|publisher=Codialbail Press
|location=Mangalore
}}.
*{{Cite book
|last=Lobo
|first=Michael
|authorlink=Michael Lobo
|year=2000
|title=Distinguished Mangalorean Catholics, 1800–2000: a historico-biographical survey of the Mangalorean Catholic community
|publisher=Camelot Publishers
|isbn=978-81-87609-01-8
}}.
{{refend}}

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