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  2. List of Brahmins - Wikipedia

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    Dwarkanath Tagore, first Indian industrialists to form an enterprise with British partners.He is the founder of Carr, Tagore and Company. [27]Vijay Shekhar Sharma born 15 July 1978) is an Indian technology entrepreneur and billionaire businessman.

  3. Category:Surnames of Indian origin - Wikipedia

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    Kulin Brahmin surnames (5 P) M. Malayalam-language surnames (4 P) Marathi-language surnames (38 P) Meitei surnames (23 P) Mohyal clans (6 P) N. Naga-language surnames ...

  4. Deshastha Brahmin surnames - Wikipedia

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    Deshastha Brahmin surnames are derived by adding the suffix kar or e to the village from which the family originally hailed. [1] For example, Akhegaonkar came from the village Akhegaon, Bidkar came from the town of Bid, Jugade came from the village Jugad, Mulik came from district Muluk and some links say Mulikwadi from Konkan area,Yadwadkar came from Yadwad Nagpurkar comes from the city Nagpur ...

  5. Brahmin - Wikipedia

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    Brahmin (/ ˈ b r ɑː m ɪ n /; Sanskrit: ब्राह्मण, romanized: brāhmaṇa) is a varna within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the Kshatriya , Vaishya and Shudra .

  6. Marathi Brahmin - Wikipedia

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    Gail Omvedt concludes that during the British era, the overall literacy of Brahmins and CKPs was overwhelmingly high as opposed to the literacy of others such as the Kunbis and Marathas. Specifically, the top three literate castes were Chitpavans, CKPs and Deshasthas. Men were more literate than the women from any caste.

  7. Madhva Brahmin - Wikipedia

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    Bihar – In Bihar, the whole Gayawal Brahmins are followers of Dvaita philosophy. [23] [24] Goa – Gaud Saraswats – Bardez and Salcete regions are a stronghold of Madhwa Saraswats and are staunch devotees of Vishnu. [25] [26] Kerala — In Kerala, the Tulu Brahmins and the Gaud Saraswat Brahmins are followers Dvaita Vedanta of Madhvacharya ...

  8. Brahmin gotra - Wikipedia

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    A list of the Audichya Sashtra Brahmin community's Gotras and Pravaras, written in the Gujrati script. The seven major Brahmin Gotras take the names of the saints whose lineages they represent: Shandilya, Jamadagni, Upreti, Gautama, Atri, Vasishta and Kashyapa. [18] Over time however, as the Brahmin caste expanded, several more Brahmin Gotras ...

  9. Rath (Odia surname) - Wikipedia

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    Rath, Ratha or Rathasharma (Odia: ରଥ, ରଥଶର୍ମା, Sanskrit: रथ, रथशर्मा) people are Utkala Brahmins having Atreya or Krishnatreya gotra. They belong to the Utkaliya Brahmin group of Northern India Panch Gauda Brahmins. Among other Brahmin communities they hold high social status as learned scholars. Others took ...