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  2. Kaushik - Wikipedia

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    Kaushik/Koushik is ancient Indian "Gotra" applied to an Indian clan. Origin of Kaushik can be referenced to an ancient Hindu text. There was a Rishi (saint) by the name of "Vishvamitra" literally meaning 'friend of the universe', "Vishwa" as in universe and "Mitra" as in friend, he was also called as Rishi "Kaushik".

  3. Rimal (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Rimal (Nepali: रिमाल) is a Nepali surname of Khas origin. Rimal people belong to the Bahun caste and are a part of the Kaushik (Nepali: कौशिक) patriclan (gotra) of Nepali Khas-Brahmin community which forms a notable population in Nepal and India.

  4. Bilahari Kausikan - Wikipedia

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    P.S. Raman named his son Bilahari Kim Hee Papanasam Setlur Kausikan: Bilahari is the name of a raga; Kausikan is a form of the Vedic surname Kaushik; Setlur is a Brahmin sub-caste; and Papanasam is the name of P.S. Raman's home village in Tamil Nadu. Kim Hee (金喜; Jīn Xǐ; 'golden joy') [3] is the Chinese name that Kausikan's mother gave ...

  5. List of gotras - Wikipedia

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    People belonging to a particular gotra may not be of the same caste (as there are many gotras which are part of different castes) in the Hindu social system. However, there is a notable exception among matrilineal Tulu speakers, for whom the lineages are the same across the castes.

  6. List of Brahmins - Wikipedia

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    Shardha Ram Phillauri – Indian writer of the Hindu religious hymn "Om Jai Jagdish Hare" and Bhagyawati, one of the first Hindi novels. [495] Shivaram Karanth, Indian polymath and novelist]] [496] Somadeva, Indian writer who was the author of a famous compendium of Indian legends, fairy tales and folk tales – the Kathasaritsagara [497]

  7. India’s opposition leveraged caste and constitution to shock ...

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    By Shivangi Acharya, Krishn Kaushik. ... that the BJP would amend modern India's founding document to strip Hindus at the bottom of the caste hierarchy of access to affirmative action policies. ...

  8. Vishvamitra - Wikipedia

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    Vishvamitra gives them the knowledge of the Devastras or celestial weaponry [bala and ati bala], trains them in advanced religion and guides them to kill powerful demons like Tadaka, Maricha and Subahu. He also leads them to the Swayamvara ceremony for princess Sita, who becomes wife of Rama. [25]

  9. Explainer-Who is Lawrence Bishnoi, at centre of row between ...

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    India and Canada expelled six of each others' diplomats in tit-for-tat moves after Ottawa accused Indian government agents of links to the 2023 murder of a Sikh separatist leader near Vancouver.