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Scheduled Castes (SCs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups. [7] [8] Scheduled Castes are given reservation status guaranteeing political representation, preference in promotion, quota in universities, free and stipended education, scholarships, banking services, various government schemes.
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The Raju caste, which A. Satyanarayana calls the "locally dominant landed gentry", claims Kshatriya status in the varna system despite there being "no real Kshatriya varna" in the Andhra region. [1] [a] Raju is a Telugu language variant of the Sanskrit title Raja, a term for a monarch or princely ruler. Cynthia Talbot describes the term as being:
A caste myth is called a Kula Purana or Caste Purana. Names of these myths are formed along the name of the caste, like Gouda purana for the caste of Goudas, Rjaka puranams for Rajakas or Chakalivaru Washer men and so on. A caste myth is a myth or a narrative of a caste which explains the origin and establishment of a caste.
Charles Philip Brown's Telugu-English Dictionary (1852) mentions Telaga-Balija (తెలగ బలిజె) as a caste name. [67] [105] Castes and Tribes of Southern India (1909) notes Telaga as a synonym for Balija in Northern Circars. [106] [42] Alvin Texas Fishman wrote in a 1941 study that the main body of Balijas is called Telaga. [38]
Telugu names are distinctive for their use of a "family name, given name" format, in contrast to Western naming practices where the family name often appears last. [1] [2] In the Telugu naming system, the family name appears first and is followed by the given name(s), a practice also observed among Han Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Hungarian ...
Atukuri Molla (ఆతుకూరి మొల్ల) was a 16th century Telugu poetess who authored Molla Ramayanam, a Telugu-language version of Sanskrit Ramayana. [1] [2] Identified by her caste, she was popularly known as Kummari Molla. [3] Mollamamba or Molla was the daughter of Kesana Setti who was a potter by profession. [1] [4]
Charles Philip Brown's Telugu-English Dictionary (1852) mentions Mahanati Kapu as equivalent to Telaga caste. [128] Brown also notes that Mahanati Kapus were leaguesmen and members of the Mahanadu community. [129] [130] Mahanadu was a multi-caste assembly which enforced norms in the society.