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{{Short description|Medieval Andhra dynasty}}

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The '''Parichchedis''' were a medieval chiefly lineage in [[Coastal Andhra|Andhra]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Talbot |first1=Cynthia |title=Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra |date=20 September 2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-803123-9 |page=53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfAKljlCJq0C |ref=Thus, Durjaya is cited as an ancestor by many chiefly lineages from Telangana—including the Kakatiyas (IAPW.29), Malyalas (HAS 13.8), Viryalas (IAP-W.27)—as well as by lineages from coastal Andhra such as the Konakandravadis (SII 4.780), the Ivani Kandravadis (SII 10.253), the Kondapadmatis (ARE 346 of 1937-38), the Parichchhedis (SII 10.430), and the Chagis (SII 4.748). |language=en}}</ref> They belonged to the Vasistha gotra.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=V |first=Yashoda Devi |url=https://archive.org/details/svuorientaljourn015489mbp/page/n65/mode/2up |title=Sri Venkateswara University Oriental Journal |publisher=Sri Venkateswara University Oriental Research Institute |year=1975 |volume=18 |pages=58 |trans-title=Social and Economic Structure in Ândhradesa in the Reddi Age}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sōmaśēkharaśarma|first=Mallampalli|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32066/page/n283/mode/2up|title=History of the Reddi Kingdoms (circa. 1325 A.D. to Circa 1448 A.D.)|date=|publisher=Andhra University|year=1946|pages=267|language=en}}</ref> According to V. Yashoda Devi, the Parichchedis are one of the four lineages—alongside the [[Kota Vamsa|Kotas]], [[Kakatiya dynasty|Kakatiyas]], and Varnatas—from whom the Kshatriyas of the Telugu country have descended.<ref name=":2" />

== History ==
The Parichchedis were initially the ''[[samanta]]s'' (vassals) of the [[Chalukya dynasty|Chalukyas]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZfltAAAAMAAJ|title=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|last=Congress|first=Indian History|date=1997|publisher=Indian History Congress.|volume=57|pages=145|language=en}}</ref> They originated from social groups such as the ''besta'' (fisherman) and peasant groups of the [[Shudra]] varna.<ref name=":0" /> After becoming rulers, they claimed [[Kshatriya]] status.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pande |first1=Rekha |title=Divine Sounds from the Heart—Singing Unfettered in their Own Voices: The Bhakti Movement and its Women Saints (12th to 17th Century) |date=13 September 2010 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-4438-2525-2 |page=50 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mYEnBwAAQBAJ&dq=Divine+Sounds+from+the+Heart+Singing+Unfettered+in+Their+Own+Voices+The+Bhakti+Movement+and+Its+Women+Saints+(12th+to+17th+Century)&pg=PR7 |language=en}}</ref> They also claimed descent from [[Durjaya (Andhra chieftain)|Durjaya]], a legendary chieftain of ancient Andhra.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Talbot |first1=Cynthia |title=Precolonial India in Practice: Society, Region, and Identity in Medieval Andhra |date=20 September 2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-803123-9 |page=53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfAKljlCJq0C |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite journal |last1= |first1= |date=1986 |title=Volume 38, Part 2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t-xtAAAAMAAJ |journal=Quarterly Journal of the Andhra Historical Research Society |language=en |publisher=Andhra Historical Research Society. |page= |pages=119}}</ref> These claims of [[Kshatriya]] origin and descent from semi-mythical and mythical persons demonstrate a tendency of the medieval Brahmanical society to absorb lower caste rulers into Kshatriya fold.<ref name=":1" /> They were staunch patrons of [[Hindu]] [[Dharma]] in contrast to the [[Chalukya]]s, who initially were patrons of [[Jainism]].<ref>Mediaeval Jainism: With Special Reference to the Vijayanagara Empire By Bhasker Anand Saletore [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.24493 ]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Telugu monarchs]]
[[Category:Dynasties of India]]
[[Category:Medieval history of India]]
[[Category:Hindu dynasties]]
[[Category:Dynasties of medieval Andhra]]

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