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	'''Pancha Dravida''' is one of the two major groupings of [[Brahmin]]s in Hinduism, of which the other ~~was~~ [[Pancha-Gauda]].		{{Use Indian English\|date=February 2024}}
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			'''Pancha Dravida''' ({{lit\|Five Dravida}} from [[Sanskrit]]: पंच ''pancha'') is one of the two major groupings of [[Brahmin]]s in Hinduism, of which the other is [[Pancha-Gauda]].

	== In ''Rajatarangini'' ==		== In ''Rajatarangini'' ==
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	* Dravida (Brahmins of [[Tamil Brahmins\|Tamil Nadu]] and [[Malayali Brahmin\|Kerala]])		* Dravida (Brahmins of [[Tamil Brahmins\|Tamil Nadu]] and [[Malayali Brahmin\|Kerala]])
	* Maharashtraka ([[Maharashtrian Brahmin]]s)		* Maharashtraka ([[Maharashtrian Brahmin]]s)
	* Gurjara ([[:Category:Brahmin communities of Gujarat\|Gujarati]], [[:Category:Brahmin communities of Rajasthan\|Marwari and Mewari Brahmins]]<ref>{{cite book\|title=Abu in Bombay State: A Scientific Study of the Problem\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BM8BAAAAMAAJ&q=pancha+dravida+gurjara+rajasthan\|quote=It is interesting to note here that the Brahmin groups of Marwar and Mewar belong to the Gurjara group of the ~~Pancha~~ Dravida division\|~~first~~=~~A V~~\|~~last~~=~~Pandya~~\|publisher=~~Charutar Vidya Mandal~~\|~~year~~=~~1952~~\|page=29}}</ref>)		* Gurjara ([[:Category:Brahmin communities of Gujarat\|Gujarati]], [[:Category:Brahmin communities of Rajasthan\|Marwari and Mewari Brahmins]]<ref>{{cite book\|title=Abu in Bombay State: A Scientific Study of the Problem\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BM8BAAAAMAAJ&q=pancha+dravida+gurjara+rajasthan\|first=A V\|last=Pandya\|publisher=Charutar Vidya Mandal\|year=1952\|page=29\|oclc=50873388\|quote=It is interesting to note here that the Brahmin groups of Marwar and Mewar belong to the Gurjara group of the Panch Dravida division, whereas those of the Jaipur, Shekhavati, Haraoti and other areas of Rajasthan lying to the east of the Aravallis belong to the Panch Gaud group.}}</ref>)

			== In the ''Sahyādrikhaṇḍa'' ==
			A fragment of the ''[[Sahyadrikhanda\|Sahyādrikhaṇḍa]]'', featured in [[Hemadri]]'s ''Chatur-varga-chintamani'' (13th century), quotes [[Shiva]] to name the following divisions of the Pancha Dravidas:<ref>{{cite journal \|author=Rosalind O'Hanlon \|title=Performance in a World of Paper: Puranic Histories and Social communication in Early Modern India \|year=2013 \|journal=Past and Present \|issue=219 \|publisher=Oxford University Press / The Past and Present Society \|jstor=24543602 \|page=104 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Deshpande \|first=Madhav \|date=2010 \|title=Pañca-Gauḍa and Pañca-Drāviḍa: Contested Borders of a Traditional Classification \|journal=Studia Orientalia \|volume=108 \|pages=34}}</ref>

			* Drāviḍa
			* Tailaṅga
			* Karnāṭa
			* Madhyadeśa (identified with Mahārāṣṭra in variant readings)
			* Gurjara

	== In the ''kaifiyat''s ==		== In the ''kaifiyat''s ==
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	* [[Madhyandina Shakha\|Madhyandin]]		* [[Madhyandina Shakha\|Madhyandin]]
	* Vanas		* Vanas
	* [[Karnataka Brahmins\|~~Karnatak~~]]		* [[Karnataka Brahmins\|Karnataka]]
	* ~~Shashtik~~		* Shashtika
	* ~~Nandavamshik~~		* Nandavamshika
	* ~~Srivaishnav Telang~~		* Srivaishnava Telanga
	* [[Srivaishnava]]		* [[Srivaishnava]]
	* Pratham-Shakhikanva		* Pratham-Shakhikanva
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	[[Category:Ethnic groups in Nepal]]		[[Category:Ethnic groups in Nepal]]


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	== In ''Rajatarangini'' ==		== In ''Rajatarangini'' ==
	[[Kalhana]], in his ''[[Rajatarangini]]'' (c. 12th century CE), classifies the following five Brahmin communities as Pancha Dravida, stating that they reside to the south of the [[Vindhyas]]:<ref name="JGL_2002">{{cite book \|url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch \|url-access=registration \|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: N-Z \|author=James G. Lochtefeld \|publisher=Rosen \|year=2002 \|isbn=9780823931804 \|pages=[https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch/page/490 490]–491 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXyWE6KbG8oC&pg=PA168 \|title=Caste in Life: Experiencing Inequalities \|editor=D. Shyam Babu and [[R. S. Khare\|Ravindra S. Khare]] \|publisher=Pearson Education India \|year=2011 \|isbn=9788131754399 \|page=168 }}</ref>		[[Kalhana]], in his ''[[Rajatarangini]]'' (c. 12th century CE), classifies the following five Brahmin communities as Pancha Dravida, stating that they reside to the south of the [[Vindhyas]]:<ref name="JGL_2002">{{cite book \|url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch \|url-access=registration \|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: N-Z \|author=James G. Lochtefeld \|publisher=Rosen \|year=2002 \|isbn=9780823931804 \|pages=[https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch/page/490 490]–491}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXyWE6KbG8oC&pg=PA168 \|title=Caste in Life: Experiencing Inequalities \|editor=D. Shyam Babu and [[R. S. Khare\|Ravindra S. Khare]] \|publisher=Pearson Education India \|year=2011 \|isbn=9788131754399 \|page=168 }}</ref>

	* Karnataka ([[Karnataka Brahmins]])		* Karnataka ([[Karnataka Brahmins]])
	* Tailanga ([[Telugu Brahmins]])		* Tailanga ([[Telugu Brahmins]])
	* Dravida (Brahmins of [[Tamil Brahmins\|Tamil Nadu]] and [[Malayali ~~Brahmins~~\|Kerala]])		* Dravida (Brahmins of [[Tamil Brahmins\|Tamil Nadu]] and [[Malayali Brahmin\|Kerala]])
	* Maharashtraka ([[Maharashtrian Brahmin]]s)		* Maharashtraka ([[Maharashtrian Brahmin]]s)
	* Gurjara ([[:Category:Brahmin communities of Gujarat\|Gujarati]], [[:Category:Brahmin communities of Rajasthan\|Marwari and Mewari Brahmins]]<ref>{{cite book\|title=Abu in Bombay State: A Scientific Study of the Problem\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BM8BAAAAMAAJ&q=pancha+dravida+gurjara+rajasthan\|quote=It is interesting to note here that the Brahmin groups of Marwar and Mewar belong to the Gurjara group of the Pancha Dravida division\|first=A V\|last=Pandya\|publisher=Charutar Vidya Mandal\|year=1952\|page=29}}</ref>)		* Gurjara ([[:Category:Brahmin communities of Gujarat\|Gujarati]], [[:Category:Brahmin communities of Rajasthan\|Marwari and Mewari Brahmins]]<ref>{{cite book\|title=Abu in Bombay State: A Scientific Study of the Problem\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BM8BAAAAMAAJ&q=pancha+dravida+gurjara+rajasthan\|quote=It is interesting to note here that the Brahmin groups of Marwar and Mewar belong to the Gurjara group of the Pancha Dravida division\|first=A V\|last=Pandya\|publisher=Charutar Vidya Mandal\|year=1952\|page=29}}</ref>)

	== In the ''kaifiyat''s ==		== In the ''kaifiyat''s ==
	The [[Maratha confederacy\|Maratha]]-era ''kaifiyat''s (bureaucratic records) of [[Deccan Plateau\|Deccan]], which give an account of the society in the southern Maratha country, mention the following Brahmin communities as Pancha Dravida:<ref name="KNC_1994">{{cite book \|author=Krishnaji Nageshrao Chitnis \|title=Glimpses of Maratha Socio-economic History \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k--C9xHsSnEC&pg=PA95 \|year=1994 \|publisher=Atlantic \|isbn=978-81-7156-347-0 \|pages=95–96 }}</ref>		The [[Maratha confederacy\|Maratha]]-era ''[[kaifiyat]]s'' (bureaucratic records) of [[Deccan Plateau\|Deccan]], which give an account of the society in the southern Maratha country, mention the following Brahmin communities as Pancha Dravida:<ref name="KNC_1994">{{cite book \|author=Krishnaji Nageshrao Chitnis \|title=Glimpses of Maratha Socio-economic History \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k--C9xHsSnEC&pg=PA95 \|year=1994 \|publisher=Atlantic \|isbn=978-81-7156-347-0 \|pages=95–96 }}</ref>

	* Andhra-Purva Desastha		* Andhra-Purva Desastha

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{{short description|One of the two major groupings of Brahmins}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
'''Pancha Dravida''' is one of the two major groupings of [[Brahmin]]s in Hinduism, of which the other was [[Pancha-Gauda]].

== In ''Rajatarangini'' ==
[[Kalhana]], in his ''[[Rajatarangini]]'' (c. 12th century CE), classifies the following five Brahmin communities as Pancha Dravida, stating that they reside to the south of the [[Vindhyas]]:<ref name="JGL_2002">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch |url-access=registration |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: N-Z |author=James G. Lochtefeld |publisher=Rosen |year=2002 |isbn=9780823931804 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch/page/490 490]–491 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXyWE6KbG8oC&pg=PA168 |title=Caste in Life: Experiencing Inequalities |editor=D. Shyam Babu and [[R. S. Khare|Ravindra S. Khare]] |publisher=Pearson Education India |year=2011 |isbn=9788131754399 |page=168 }}</ref>

* Karnataka ([[Karnataka Brahmins]])
* Tailanga ([[Telugu Brahmins]])
* Dravida (Brahmins of [[Tamil Brahmins|Tamil Nadu]] and [[Malayali Brahmins|Kerala]])
* Maharashtraka ([[Maharashtrian Brahmin]]s)
* Gurjara ([[:Category:Brahmin communities of Gujarat|Gujarati]], [[:Category:Brahmin communities of Rajasthan|Marwari and Mewari Brahmins]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Abu in Bombay State: A Scientific Study of the Problem|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BM8BAAAAMAAJ&q=pancha+dravida+gurjara+rajasthan|quote=It is interesting to note here that the Brahmin groups of Marwar and Mewar belong to the Gurjara group of the Pancha Dravida division|first=A V|last=Pandya|publisher=Charutar Vidya Mandal|year=1952|page=29}}</ref>)

== In the ''kaifiyat''s ==
The [[Maratha confederacy|Maratha]]-era ''kaifiyat''s (bureaucratic records) of [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]], which give an account of the society in the southern Maratha country, mention the following Brahmin communities as Pancha Dravida:<ref name="KNC_1994">{{cite book |author=Krishnaji Nageshrao Chitnis |title=Glimpses of Maratha Socio-economic History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k--C9xHsSnEC&pg=PA95 |year=1994 |publisher=Atlantic |isbn=978-81-7156-347-0 |pages=95–96 }}</ref>

* Andhra-Purva Desastha
* Dravida Desastha
* Karnataka Brahmins
* [[Deshastha Brahmin|Desastha]]

The ''kafiyat''s classify the Gurjara Brahmins as Pancha Gauda. They also mention the following 16 sub-castes of the Pancha-Dravidas:<ref name="KNC_1994"/>

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* [[Smarta]]
* [[Konkanastha]]
* [[Karhade]]
* [[Varkari]]
* [[Madhyandina Shakha|Madhyandin]]
* Vanas
* [[Karnataka Brahmins|Karnatak]]
* Shashtik
* Nandavamshik
* Srivaishnav Telang
* [[Srivaishnava]]
* Pratham-Shakhikanva
* Kirvant
* Sihavasai
* Nurcher
* Shenavi
* Govalkonde
{{Div col end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Brahmin communities]]
[[Category:Indian castes]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Nepal]]

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