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| {{Hatnote|This article is about the Indian caste. For people named Niyogi, see [[Niyogi (disambiguation)]]}}
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| |caste_name =Niyogi Brahmin | |
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| |classification =[[Forward caste]]
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| |religions =[[Hinduism]]
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| |languages =[[Telugu language|Telugu]] (primary)<br/>Other [[Dravidian languages]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CZBnppBQgOsC&pg=PA226&dq=Niyogi+kannada#q=Niyogi%20kannada|title=Tyāgarāja and the Renewal of Tradition: Translations and Reflections|page=226|author=William Joseph Jackson|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|year=1994|isbn=978-8120811461}}</ref>
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| '''Niyogi Brahmin''' is a [[Telugu Brahmin]] [[Caste|subcaste]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gLZOBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT160|title=Knowledge-Power/Resistance: Beyond Bacon, Ambedkar and Foucault|author=Vinod Kumar Rawat|date=22 October 2014|publisher=Partridge Publishing|accessdate=22 October 2014|page=160|isbn=9781482839166}}</ref> native to the [[Indian State]]s of [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Telangana]], but are spread throughout [[South India]] and [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r7KjBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA62|title=Tamil Brahmans: The Making of a Middle-Class Caste|page=62|author1=C. J. Fuller|author2=Haripriya Narasimhan|publisher=University of Chicago Press|date=11 November 2014|isbn=978-0226152882}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=India's Communities, Volume 6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mt9G1e6JF-QC|page=2644|author=Kumar Suresh Singh|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1998|isbn = 9780195633542|quote=In Maharashtra, the Niyogi Brahman have eleven subgroups like Aruvela Niyogi and Kammelu Niyogi. They have migrated from Andhra Pradesh. In social practices and rituals they do not differ from their original stock in Andhra Pradesh.}}</ref> The traditional occupations of the Niyogi Brahmins are [[Agriculture|settled cultivation]] and [[priest hood]].<ref>{{cite book|title=India's Communities, Volume 6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mt9G1e6JF-QC|author=Kumar Suresh Singh|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1998|page=2645|isbn = 9780195633542|quote=The traditional occupations of the Niyogi Brahman of Andhra Pradesh are settled cultivation and priesthood. They were Patwaris also.}}</ref> But majority of them took up various secular vocations including military activities and [[patwari]]s. They were associated with administration, economics, literature, music composing, politics, scholarly, scientific, engineering, defense and warfare careers.<ref>[http://www.trsiyengar.com/id273.shtml Sanatha Dharma, Religion, Gothra, Sages, Saints & Rishis of Vedic Era<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>Ancient India: a history of its culture and civilization, Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, p. 166-170</ref>
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| ==Etymology==
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| The word ''Niyogi'' is derived from [[Yoga]], which in this context means "religious contemplation", as opposed to [[Yajna|Yaga]], which means "religious sacrifice". ''Niyogin'' in [[Sanskrit]] also means "employed", "appointed" or "assigned" and it is probable that Niyogis were given this name because they accept secular employment.<ref>Hopkins, Religions of India, p. 192 states: "As to the fees, the rules are precise, and the propounders of them are unblushing."</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Telugu Brahmin]]
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| == Further reading ==
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| *{{cite journal |title=Precolonial Intellectuals and the Production of Colonial Knowledge |first=Phillip B. |last=Wagoner |journal=Comparative Studies in Society and History |volume=45 |issue=4 |date=October 2003 |pages=783–814 |jstor=3879496 }}
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