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Deshastha Brahmin surnames
Deshastha Brahmin surnames are derived by adding the suffix kar to the village from which the family originally hailed.[1] For example, Bidkar came from town of Bid, Nagpurkar comes from the city Nagpur, Dharwadkar from the town of Dharwad in Karnataka, and the Marathi poet V. V. Shirwadkar, colloquially known as Kusumagraj, came from the town of Shirwad.
Some Deshastha Brahmin surnames are also derived from their gotra name of rishi For example, prominent Marathi writer, a poet Pralhad Keshav Atre popularly known as Acharya Atre surname "Atre" came from the gotra Atri.[2]
Deshastha Brahmins also use the surnames , which their ancestors got as titles or positions held like Kulkarni, Deshpande, Deshmukh, Patil, Desai, Sutone, and Joshi denote their professions.[3][4][5] However, some of these names are also common to some other Marathi communities. For example, Deshpande and Kulkarni surnames are also found in the CKP caste. Deshmukh is also found in the Maratha, CKP and Chitpawan and other castes. Patil is also found in the Maratha and several other castes.[6][7][8] Kulkarni means revenue collector and Joshi means astrologer.[9]
Some Deshastha Brahmin surnames simply describe physical and mental characteristics such as Hirve which means green or Buddhisagar which literally translates to ocean of intellect or "Dharmik" which means "very religious".[10]
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- ↑ Chopra 1982, p. 52.
- ↑ The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 95. Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1974. p. 31.
Marathi literature is strewn with Deshastha writers. Some of the luminaries are B. S. Murdhekar, the neo classical poet and critic; the popular dramatists Acharya P. K. Atre, V.V.Shirwadkar; the poet and story writer G.D.Madgulkar popularly known as the "Modern Walmiki" of Maharashtra, Sahitya Akademi Award winners G. T. Deshpande, Laxmanshastri Joshi, S. N. Banhatti, V. K. Gokak and Mugali all belong to this community.
- ↑ Hatekar, Neeraj. "'Economic Backwardness' in History Deviation from a Eurocentric Theme". IRIS Knowledge Foundation. Department of Economics, University of Mumbai, Mumbai: 32.
Even then, it consistently legislated in favour of Maharas of Nagewadi in their disputes with Brahmins over the Patilki watan.
- ↑ Kulkarni, R.A (1969). Maharashtra in the Age of Shivaji. R.J. Deshmukh. p. 32. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ Chatterjee, Ramananda (1914). The Modern Review, Volume 16. Modern Review Office. p. 604. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ Jaffrelot 2005, p. 10The balutedari formed the basic structure of the pre-colonial state as evident from the fact that the office of Patil and the Kulkarni had equivalents at the regional level, the Deshmukh and Deshpande (the latter was systematically a Brahmin whereas the former could be a Maratha or Brahmin).
- ↑ "The Illustrated Weekly of India". 91 (3). Bennett, Coleman & Company. July 1970: 12.
Generally speaking, excepting names such as Kulkarni, Thackerey, Chitnis, Deshmukh, Deshpande, which are common to many communities in Maharashtra, a C.K.P. can be recognised by his surname.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Irina Glushkova; Rajendra Vora (eds.). Home, Family and Kinship in Maharashtra. Oxford University Press. p. 118.
The wada tells us of a story of three generations of a family called Deshpande who belong to the Deshastha Brahmin caste. ....Spread all over Maharashtra as a result of this process, Deshastha Brahmans held, in particular, the office of kulkarni.
- ↑ Karve 1968, p. 161.
- ↑ Naik 2000, p. 66.
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