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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 Brahmins|Saraswata]] | ||
* [[Kanyakubja Brahmins|Kanyakubja]] | * [[Kanyakubja Brahmins|Kanyakubja]] | ||
* [[Gauda Brahmins|Gauda]] | * [[Gauda Brahmins|Gauda]] | ||
* [[Utkala Brahmins|Utkala]] | * [[Utkala Brahmins|Utkala]] | ||
* [[Maithil Brahmins| | * [[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'' | 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=95ā96}}</ref> | ||
* [[Kanyakubja Brahmins|Kanoji Brahmins]] | * [[Kanyakubja Brahmins|Kanoji Brahmins]] | ||
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Pancha Gauda is one of the two major groupings of Brahmins 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:[1][2][3]
The Sahyadrikhanda, considered a part of the Skanda Purana, also mentions the above classification.[3]
In the kaifiyats
The Maratha-era kaifiyats (bureaucratic records) of Deccan, which give an account of the society in the southern Maratha country, mention the following Brahmin communities as Pancha-Gaudas[4]
According to the kaifiyats, the Pancha Gaudas could be either Smarta, Vaishnavas or Bhagavats.[4]
References
- ā James G. Lochtefeld (2002). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: N-Z. Rosen. p. 491. ISBN 9780823931804.
- ā D. Shyam Babu and Ravindra S. Khare, ed. (2011). Caste in Life: Experiencing Inequalities. Pearson Education India. p. 168. ISBN 9788131754399.
- ā 3.0 3.1 Shree Scanda Puran (Sayadri Khandha) -Ed. Dr. Jarson D. Kunha, Marathi version Ed. By Gajanan shastri Gaytonde, published by Shree Katyani Publication, Mumbai
- ā 4.0 4.1 Krishnaji Nageshrao Chitnis (1994). Glimpses of Maratha Socio-economic History. Atlantic. pp. 95ā96. ISBN 978-81-7156-347-0.
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