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	'''Pancha Gauda''' is one of the two major groupings of [[Brahmin]]s in Hinduism, of which the other is [[Pancha-Dravida]].		'''Pancha Gauda''' is one of the two major groupings of [[Brahmin]]s in Hinduism, of which the other is [[Pancha-Dravida]].

	== In ''Rajatarangini'' ==		== In ''Rajatarangini'' ==
	According to [[Kalhana]]'s ''[[Rajatarangini]]'' (c. 12th century CE), the Pancha Gauda group includes the following five Brahmin communities, which according to the text, reside to the north 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 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch/page/491 491] }}</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><ref name="skanda">''Shree Scanda Puran (Sayadri Khandha)'' -Ed. Dr. Jarson D. Kunha, Marathi version Ed. By Gajanan shastri Gaytonde, published by Shree Katyani Publication, Mumbai~~</ref>		According to [[Kalhana]]'s ''[[Rajatarangini]]'' (c. 12th century CE), the Pancha Gauda group includes the following five Brahmin communities, which according to the text, reside to the north of the [[Vindhya Range\|Vindhyas]] in west-central India:<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 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch/page/491 491] }}</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>

	* [[Saraswat Brahmins\|~~Saraswata~~]]		* [[Saraswat Brahmins\|Sarasvata]]
	* [[Kanyakubja Brahmins\|Kanyakubja]]		* [[Kanyakubja Brahmins\|Kanyakubja]]
	* [[Gauda Brahmins\|Gauda]]		* [[Gauda Brahmins\|Gauda]]
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	* [[Maithil Brahmins\|Maithila]]		* [[Maithil Brahmins\|Maithila]]

	The [[Sahyadrikhanda]], considered a part of the ''[[Skanda Purana]]'', also mentions the ~~above~~ classification.<ref name="~~skanda~~"/>		== In the ''Sahyadri-khanda'' ==

			The ''[[Sahyadrikhanda\|Sahyadri-khanda]]'', considered a part of the ''[[Skanda Purana]]'', also mentions the same classification as the ''Rajatarangini''.<ref>{{cite book \|author=J. Gerson da Cunha \|author-link=José Gerson da Cunha \|title=Sahyadri-Khanda \|year=1877 \|publisher=Thacker, Viring & Co. \|url=https://archive.org/details/Sahyadri-Khanda/page/n5/mode/2up }}; Marathi version edited by Gajanan shastri Gaytonde, published by Shree Katyani Publication, Mumbai</ref> For example, fragments of the ''Sahyadri-khanda'', featured in [[Hemadri]]'s ''Chatur-varga-chintamani'' (13th century), quote [[Shiva]] to provide this classification. The text identifies its heroes, the [[Shenvi]]s, as Sarasvatas. In the text, Shiva also provides an alternative classification of Pancha Gaudas, stating that the ancient sages made these divisions:<ref name="ROH_2013">{{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>

			* Trihotras
			* Agnivaisyas
			* Kanyakubjas
			* Kanojyas
			* Maitrayanas

	== In the ''kaifiyat''s ==		== In the ''kaifiyat''s ==
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	* [[Utkala Brahmin]]s		* [[Utkala Brahmin]]s
	* [[Maithil Brahmin]]s		* [[Maithil Brahmin]]s
	* [[~~Gurjara~~\|Gurjara Brahmins]]		* [[Gurjaradesa\|Gurjara Brahmins]]

	According to the ''kaifiyat''s, the Pancha Gaudas could be either [[Smarta]], [[Vaishnavas]] or [[Bhagavata\|Bhagavats]].<ref name="KNC_1994"/>		According to the ''kaifiyat''s, the Pancha Gaudas could be either [[Smarta]], [[Vaishnavas]] or [[Bhagavata\|Bhagavats]].<ref name="KNC_1994"/>
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	==References==		==References==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

			==Further reading==
			* [[Pratyush Kumar]], Homo Connubialis Brahmanicus: Marriage Relations Among Brahmins, Baden-Baden: Nomos (Ergon), Germany, 2025, ISBN 978-3-98740-189-3 (Print).

	[[Category:Brahmin communities]]		[[Category:Brahmin communities]]

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	According to [[Kalhana]]'s ''[[Rajatarangini]]'' (c. 12th century CE), the Pancha Gauda group includes the following five Brahmin communities, which according to the text, reside to the north 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 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch/page/491 491] }}</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><ref name="skanda">''Shree Scanda Puran (Sayadri Khandha)'' -Ed. Dr. Jarson D. Kunha, Marathi version Ed. By Gajanan shastri Gaytonde, published by Shree Katyani Publication, Mumbai</ref>		According to [[Kalhana]]'s ''[[Rajatarangini]]'' (c. 12th century CE), the Pancha Gauda group includes the following five Brahmin communities, which according to the text, reside to the north 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 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch/page/491 491] }}</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><ref name="skanda">''Shree Scanda Puran (Sayadri Khandha)'' -Ed. Dr. Jarson D. Kunha, Marathi version Ed. By Gajanan shastri Gaytonde, published by Shree Katyani Publication, Mumbai</ref>

	* [[Saraswat Brahmins\|~~Saraswat~~]]		* [[Saraswat Brahmins\|Saraswata]]
	* [[Kanyakubja Brahmins\|Kanyakubja]]		* [[Kanyakubja Brahmins\|Kanyakubja]]
	* [[Gauda Brahmins\|Gauda]]		* [[Gauda Brahmins\|Gauda]]
	* [[Utkala Brahmins\|Utkala]]		* [[Utkala Brahmins\|Utkala]]
	* [[Maithil Brahmins\|~~Maithil~~]]		* [[Maithil Brahmins\|Maithila]]

	The [[Sahyadrikhanda]], considered a part of the ''[[Skanda Purana]]'', also mentions the above classification.<ref name="skanda"/>		The [[Sahyadrikhanda]], considered a part of the ''[[Skanda Purana]]'', also mentions the above classification.<ref name="skanda"/>

	== 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-Gaudas<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=PA96\|year=1994\|publisher=Atlantic \|isbn=978-81-7156-347-0\|~~page~~=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-Gaudas<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=PA96\|year=1994\|publisher=Atlantic \|isbn=978-81-7156-347-0\|pages=95–96}}</ref>

	* [[Kanyakubja Brahmins\|Kanoji Brahmins]]		* [[Kanyakubja Brahmins\|Kanoji Brahmins]]

>Fylindfotberserk: /* In Rajatarangini */ Arranged per source

2021-04-20T06:56:28Z

In Rajatarangini: Arranged per source

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

== In ''Rajatarangini'' ==
According to [[Kalhana]]'s ''[[Rajatarangini]]'' (c. 12th century CE), the Pancha Gauda group includes the following five Brahmin communities, which according to the text, reside to the north 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 |page=[https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000loch/page/491 491] }}</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><ref name="skanda">''Shree Scanda Puran (Sayadri Khandha)'' -Ed. Dr. Jarson D. Kunha, Marathi version Ed. By Gajanan shastri Gaytonde, published by Shree Katyani Publication, Mumbai</ref>

* [[Saraswat Brahmins|Saraswat]]
* [[Kanyakubja Brahmins|Kanyakubja]]
* [[Gauda Brahmins|Gauda]]
* [[Utkala Brahmins|Utkala]]
* [[Maithil Brahmins|Maithil]]

The [[Sahyadrikhanda]], considered a part of the ''[[Skanda Purana]]'', also mentions the above classification.<ref name="skanda"/>

== 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-Gaudas<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=PA96|year=1994|publisher=Atlantic |isbn=978-81-7156-347-0|page=95–96}}</ref>

* [[Kanyakubja Brahmins|Kanoji Brahmins]]
* [[Kamrupi Brahmins]]
* [[Utkala Brahmin]]s
* [[Maithil Brahmin]]s
* [[Gurjara|Gurjara Brahmins]]

According to the ''kaifiyat''s, the Pancha Gaudas could be either [[Smarta]], [[Vaishnavas]] or [[Bhagavata|Bhagavats]].<ref name="KNC_1994"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Brahmin communities]]
[[Category:Indian castes]]

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