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'''Das''' ([[Indian English|translation]]: ''servant of the divine''<ref name="isbn1-4286-1308-0">{{cite book|title=Essays And Lectures On The Religions Of The Hindus: Religious Sects of the Hindus V1|year=2006|isbn=1-4286-1308-0|page=353|author=das}}</ref>) is a common last name in [[South Asia]], among adherents of [[Hinduism]] and [[Sikhism]]. It is a derived from the Sanskrit word [[Dasa]] (Sanskrit: दास) | '''Das''' ([[Indian English|translation]]: ''servant of the divine''<ref name="isbn1-4286-1308-0">{{cite book|title=Essays And Lectures On The Religions Of The Hindus: Religious Sects of the Hindus V1|year=2006|isbn=1-4286-1308-0|page=353|author=das}}</ref>) is a common last name in [[South Asia]], among adherents of [[Hinduism]] and [[Sikhism]]. It is a derived from the Sanskrit word [[Dasa]] (Sanskrit: दास) with a multiplicity of meanings including "devotee," or "votary". "Das" may be inferred to be one who has surrendered to divinity <ref>{{cite web |title=Das Family History |url=https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=das |website=Ancestry.com |access-date=10 September 2019}}</ref> | ||
In [[Bengal]], 'Das' is primarily used | In [[Bengal]], 'Das' is primarily used as a surname in the [[Kayastha]] of [[Bengal]]. 'Das-Gupta” is used by the [[Baidya]] caste of [[Bengal]]. | ||
In [[Assam]] the [[Jalia Kaibarta|Kaibarta]] and other schedule caste communities also uses Das as their surname.<ref>{{cite book |date=1911 |title=Census of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ywpFAQAAMAAJ&q=das+mahishya |location=India |publisher=Government of India |edition=Volume 5, Issue 1 |page=498}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Roy |first1=Dayabati |date=19 December 2013 |title=Rural Politics in India: Political Stratification and Governance in West Bengal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3bn1AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA67 |location=United Kingdom |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=67 |isbn=978-1-107-04235-3}}</ref> | In [[Assam]] the [[Jalia Kaibarta|Kaibarta]] and other schedule caste communities also uses Das as their surname.<ref>{{cite book |date=1911 |title=Census of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ywpFAQAAMAAJ&q=das+mahishya |location=India |publisher=Government of India |edition=Volume 5, Issue 1 |page=498}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Roy |first1=Dayabati |date=19 December 2013 |title=Rural Politics in India: Political Stratification and Governance in West Bengal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3bn1AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA67 |location=United Kingdom |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=67 |isbn=978-1-107-04235-3}}</ref> | ||
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Das (translation: servant of the divine[1]) is a common last name in South Asia, among adherents of Hinduism and Sikhism. It is a derived from the Sanskrit word Dasa (Sanskrit: दास) with a multiplicity of meanings including "devotee," or "votary". "Das" may be inferred to be one who has surrendered to divinity [2]
In Bengal, 'Das' is primarily used as a surname in the Kayastha of Bengal. 'Das-Gupta” is used by the Baidya caste of Bengal.
In Assam the Kaibarta and other schedule caste communities also uses Das as their surname.[3][4]
In Odisha, the 'Das' surname is used by the Gopal and Karan castes, also 'Dash' is used by the Brahmins.[5]
In the Punjab region of India and Pakistan,[6] they generally belong to the Brahmin caste.[7]
Notable people
- Abhishek Das, Indian football player
- Ajit Das, Indian actor
- Amil Kumar Das, Indian astronomer
- Arjun Das, Indian actor
- Atulananda Das, Indian botanist
- Beni Madhab Das
- Bhagavan Das, Indian Theosophist
- Bhagavan Das, an American yogi
- Bhagwan Das
- Bhai Dyal Das, Sikh martyr
- Bhai Mati Das, Sikh martyr
- Bhai Sati Das, Sikh martyr
- Bibhusita Das, Indian marine engineer
- Bina Das
- Bishnu Charan Das, Indian politician
- Brojen Das
- Chittaranjan Das, a Bengali lawyer and a major figure in the Indian independence movement
- Dinesh Das, a Bengali poet
- Durga Mohan Das
- Gardhab Das, fictional character
- Gobindachandra Das
- Gopabandhu Das, Indian Freedom Fighter, Reformer, Journalist and educationist from Odisha
- Gurcharan Das, Punjabi Hindu columnist for The Times of India
- Guru Amar Das, the third of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism
- Guru Ram Das, the fourth of the Sikh gurus
- Hima Das, Assamese sprinter
- Jagannath Prasad Das, researcher in psychometrics and author of the (PASS theory of intelligence)
- Jatin Das, Indian painter from Odisha
- Jatindra Nath Das, Freedom fighter
- Jibanananda Das, a Bengali poet
- Jyotsna Das, Indian film actress
- K. S. R. Das, Indian film director
- Kamala Das
- Khagen Das
- Krishna das Babaji
- Liton Das, Bangladeshi Cricketer
- Madhusudan Das, Odia Lawyer and Indian nationalist of the 19th century.
- Manoj Das, English and Odia writer
- Monica Das
- Namit Das is an Indian film and theatre actor.
- Nandita Das, Indian film actress/director from Odisha
- Parichay Das, path-breaker Bhojpuri- Hindi poet, essayist, critic[1]
- Prosenjit Das, Indian cricketer
- Radha Charan Das, Former Vice-Chancellor of Berhampur University
- Raja Bhagwant Das, Rajasthani ruler of Amber
- Ram Dass
- Ranjan Das
- Rima Das, Assamese Indian filmmaker
- Sarala Dasa, 14th-century poet of Odisha
- Sarat Chandra Das, Indian scholar of Tibetan language
- Satish Ranjan Das
- Seth Govind Das
- Shaktikanta Das, Governor of R.B.I.
- Shiv Sunder Das, Indian Cricketer from Odisha
- Shomie Das, schoolmaster
- Shraddha Das, Indian film actress
- Sudhi Ranjan Das
- Suhasini Das
- Sujita Das, Indian Radio personality
- Surya Das
- Tapan Das,Assamese Actor
- Vasundhara Das, Indian actress and singer
- Veena Das
- Vir Das, comedian and actor
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 das (2006). Essays And Lectures On The Religions Of The Hindus: Religious Sects of the Hindus V1. p. 353. ISBN 1-4286-1308-0.
- ↑ "Das Family History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ↑ Census of India (Volume 5, Issue 1 ed.). India: Government of India. 1911. p. 498.
- ↑ Roy, Dayabati (19 December 2013). Rural Politics in India: Political Stratification and Governance in West Bengal. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-107-04235-3.
- ↑ "shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in" (PDF).
- ↑ "Sikh surnames". Science groupsrv. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ↑ "Bhai Mati Das". Sikh Heritage. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
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