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'''Sakaldwipiya Brahmins''' (also known as '''Bhojaka Brahmins''' or '''Maga Brahmins''') are a class of [[Brahmin]] priests, Ayurveda teachers and practitioners ([[Vaidya]]) that are concentrated in northern India.The name can also be spelled as ''Shakdvipi'', ''Shakdwipi'', ''Shakdweepi'', ''Shakdvipiya'', ''Shakdwipiya'', ''Shakdweepiya'', ''Shakadwipi'', and ''Sakadwipi''.<br />
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==Origin==<br />
The Sakaldwipiya [[Brahmins]] identify themselves as having descended from [[Iranian peoples|Iranic]] Magas from the [[Shakdvipa]] area as described in the [[Samba Purana]] and the ''[[Bhavishya Purana]]''.<ref>[[Bhavishya Purana]] (chapter 133){{IAST|Jāti-Bhāṣkara}}, p. 150 quotes Bhavishya Purana while giving an account of the origin of Śākadvīpīs.</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Chand|1964|p=4}}{{qn|date=October 2017}}</ref><ref>Samkshipta Bhavishya Purana, Kalyana, Jan 1992, Description of Magas in Sambopakhayana p. 141</ref> The Maga brahmins were invited to Mitravana (Multan) on the banks of the Chnadrabhaga river specifically to worship the idol of Lord Sun from Persia. The Sakaldwipiya are specifically Surya worshippers.<br />
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The Maga are mentioned in Mahabharata as the Brahmins in Shakadvipa.<ref>[https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/mbs/mbs06012.htm The Mahabharata in Sanskrit, Book 6, Chapter 12, v33-34]</ref><ref>[https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m06/m06011.htm SECTION XI (Bhumi Parva), p.26]</ref> In [[Kalakacharya]] Kathanaka, the Jain Acharya Kalaka is said to have visited the Shaka country after crossing the Indus river, which was then ruled by a regional ruler under the Shahanushahi, in the first cent BCE.<ref>B.N. Mukherjee, Ana analysis of the contents of the Kalakacharya Kathanakas, Jain Journal, Oct 1997, p. 37-46</ref> The Shakas are identified as [[Scythians]] by Mukharjee.<br />
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==Internal structures==<br />
The Sakaldwipiya Brahmins of [[Bihar]], [[Odisha]], [[Bengal]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]] are [[Ayurvedic]] physicians, priests and landholders.<ref name="Mitra_1962_615">{{harvnb|Mitra|1962|p=615}}.</ref><br />
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==Also see==<br />
*[[Daivadnya Brahmin]]<br />
*[[Jaishankar Bhojak]]<br />
*[[Samba Purana]]<br />
*[[Surya]]<br />
*[[Ganak]]<br />
*[[Varahamira]]<br />
*[[Aryabhatta]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
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*{{citation|last=Chand|first=Tara|title=Indo-Iranian relations|location=Tehran|publisher=Information Service of India, Embassy of India|year=1964}}.<br />
*{{citation|last=Mitra|first=Debala|title=Foreign Elements In Indian Culture, The Cultural Heritage of India|volume=II|pages=612–615|publisher=The Ramakrishna Mission Institute|location=Calcutta|year=1962}}.<br />
*{{citation|last=Sharma|first=Jagdish Saran|title=Encyclopaedia Indica|volume=II|edition=2nd|year=1981|location=New Delhi|publisher=Chand}}{{full|date=May 2016}}<br />
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