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-'''Panchal''' or Panchal brahmins is a collective term for a variable range of [[artisan]]al [[India]]n caste groups.
+'''Panchal''' or Panchal Brahmin is Vishwakarma Brahmin is a collective term for a variable range of [[artisan]]al [[India]]n caste groups claiming themselves as Brahmins,panjabrahmana' ( manu, maya, twoshta, shilpi, viswajna ) were some of the five-based 'panjagotra' ( Sanaga, Sanatana, Abhuvana, Pratanasa, Suparna ) aspects of this prelapsarian reality with the 'panjavedas' ( Rig veda, Yajur veda, Sama veda, Atharva veda, Pranava veda )
+According to [[Louis Dumont]], it is derived from the word ''panch'', meaning ''five'', and refers to communities that have traditionally worked as blacksmiths, carpenters, goldsmiths, stonemasons and coppersmith. These groups include the [[Lohar]]s and [[Suthar]]s  of [[South India]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Kings and Untouchables: A Study of the Caste System in Western India |first=Rosa Maria |last=Perez |publisher=Orient Blackswan |year=2004 |isbn=9788180280146 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GDRWAglUumEC&pg=PA80 |page=80}}</ref> [[David G. Mandelbaum|David Mandelbaum]] noted that the name had been assumed by the blacksmiths, carpenters, coppersmiths, goldsmiths and stonemasons of South India as a means towards achieving social upliftment, calling themselves ''Panchala'' and claiming that they are [[Brahmin]]s who descend from [[Vishwakarma]]. They do, however, believe that they are equal among themselves: they perceive distinctions between their various occupational groups.<ref>{{cite book |title=Industrial Transition in Rural India: Artisans, Traders, and Tribals in South Gujarat |first=Hein |last=Streefkerk |publisher=Popular Prakashan |year=1985 |isbn=9780861320677 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_L3edKpCmm4C&pg=PA103 |page=99}}</ref>
-According to [[Louis Dumont]], it is derived from the word ''panch'', meaning ''five'', and refers to communities that have traditionally worked as blacksmiths, carpenters, goldsmiths, stonemasons and coppersmith. These groups include the [[Lohar]]s and [[Suthar]]s  of [[South India]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Kings and Untouchables: A Study of the Caste System in Western India |first=Rosa Maria |last=Perez |publisher=Orient Blackswan |year=2004 |isbn=9788180280146 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GDRWAglUumEC&pg=PA80 |page=80}}</ref> [[David G. Mandelbaum|David Mandelbaum]] noted that the name had been assumed by the blacksmiths, carpenters, coppersmiths, goldsmiths and stonemasons of South India as a means towards achieving social upliftment, calling themselves ''Panchala'' and claiming that they are [[Brahmin]]s who descend from [[Vishwakarma]]. They do, however, believe that they are equal among themselves: they perceive distinctions between their various occupational groups.<ref>{{cite book |title=Industrial Transition in Rural India: Artisans, Traders, and Tribals in South Gujarat |first=Hein |last=Streefkerk |publisher=Popular Prakashan |year=1985 |isbn=9780861320677 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_L3edKpCmm4C&pg=PA103 |page=99}}</ref> They belong to the general or unreserved category and often there is a misconception about them that they belong to the backward caste. <ref>{{Cite news|last=Correspondent|first=Staff|date=2014-10-31|title=Mahila samaja opposes ST status for Vishwakarmas|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/mahila-samaja-opposes-st-status-for-vishwakarmas/article6549336.ece|access-date=2021-08-20|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
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