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In Mudrarakshasa, a Kayastha named Śakaṭadāsa is a crucial character and one of the trusted men of the Prime Minister of the Nanda King. According to Chitrarekha Gupta, the title Ārya added to the name of Śakaṭadāsa implies that he was a member of the nobility. [32] Another Kayastha called Acala is the scribe of Chanakya. [33]
Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha, also referred to as North-Indian Kayastha, is a subgroup of Hindus of the Kayastha community that are mainly concentrated in the Hindi Belt of North India. In Hindu texts and traditions, they are described to have descended from the Hindu god Chitragupta [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] who is usually depicted carrying "a flowing ...
They speak Urdu, although they are also fluent in Hindi in India. [5] In Pakistan they also speak Sindhi and Punjabi. The Muslim dynasties recruited individuals from different Hindu castes by merit and trained them to become civil servants and members of the Kayasth caste. [6]
Bengali Kayastha (Bengali: বাঙালি কায়স্থ) is a Bengali Hindu caste originated from the Bengal region of Indian subcontinent, and is one of the main subgroups of the Kayastha community. The historical caste occupation of Kayasthas throughout India has been that of scribes, administrators, ministers and record-keepers ...
Srivastavas are one of the twelve sub-clans of the North-Indian Kayasthas that were traditionally involved in record-keeping, administration and military services.. They consider themselves as a de facto varna that arose to keep records of the four varnas that came before them.
Maithil Karna Kayasthak Panjik Sarvekshan (A Survey of the Panji of the Karan Kayasthas of Mithila) is a book written by Binod Bihari Verma in Maithili.It is a research study on the available ancient manuscripts in the Mithila region, called as Panjis, which are genealogical charts of Maithil Brahmin and Kayasthas castes.
Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu (CKP) or historically and commonly known as Chandraseniya Prabhu or just Prabhu [1] [2] [3] is a caste mainly found in Gujarat and Maharashtra. Historically, they made equally good warriors , statesmen as well as writers.
Mahadevi Varma, Indian(Hindi) poet from Uttar Pradesh; Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Founder of Transcendental Meditation (birth surname) Maipady Venkatesh Varma Raja, Erstwhile Raja of Kumbla, now part of Kerala; Manasi Varma Indian television actress; Marthanda Varma, Founder of the Kingdom of Travancore, now part of Kerala