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⚫ '''Kanyakubja Brahmins''' are an ]<ref>{{cite journal |author=Suhasini Bhatnagar and Suraksha Agrawal |title=Surname Endogamy among the Brahmin of India |journal=Current Sociology |year=2016 |volume=50|issue=6 |pages=853–861 |doi=10.1177/0011392102050006005 |s2cid=145181320 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0011392102050006005#:~:text=The%20groups%20are%20all%20subdivisions,groups%20practise%20patrilineal%20surname%20endogamy}}</ref> ] community mainly found in northern ]. They are classified as one of the ] Brahmin communities.<ref name="US_2008">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&pg=PA575 |title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India |author=Upinder Singh |publisher=Pearson Education India |year=2008 |isbn=9788131711200|page=575 }}</ref>


==Origins==
⚫ '''Kanyakubja Brahmins''',] are a ] community mainly found in northern ]. They are classified as one of the ] Brahmin communities native to the north of the ].<ref name="US_2008">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&pg=PA381 |title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India |author=Upinder Singh |publisher=Pearson Education India |year=2008 |isbn=9788131711200 |page=575 }}</ref>
The majority of the interviewees assert that the designation of the caste originates from the city of ], emphasizing that this name signifies a geographical association. The etymology of this caste is solely preserved through genealogies, oral traditions, mythical narratives, and proverbial accounts.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Khare |first=R. S. |date=1960 |title=The Kānya-Kubja Brahmins and Their Caste Organization |url= |journal=Southwestern Journal of Anthropology |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=348–367 |doi=10.1086/soutjanth.16.3.3629037 |issn=0038-4801}}</ref>


==Occupation==
Sub-groups of this community include the ]s and the ]s<ref>People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part Two edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 718 to 724 Manohar Publications</ref>
Some of the Kanyakubja Brahmins were priests, astronomers, astrologers, or teachers, while others chose the career of soldier. They formed the best fighting element in ] next only to ].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Surya Narayan|title=The Kingdom of Awadh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R8As_JziO2kC&dq=kanyakubja+fighting+element+awadh&pg=PA9|date=2003|publisher=Mittal Publications|page=9|isbn=978-81-7099-908-9 }}</ref>

==Social status==
In ], they are considered the highest class of Brahmins.<ref>{{cite book|title=Uttar Pradesh : General Background Opposition in a Dominant Party System A Study of the Jan Sangh, the Praja Socialist Party, and the Socialist Party in Uttar Pradesh, India|page=27|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v3d2EAAAQBAJ&dq=kanyakubja+brahmins+social+status&pg=PA27|author=Angela S. Burger|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520365568|year=2022}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* ], first chief minister of ]<ref name="StateGovs">{{cite book |title=Journal of the Society for Study of State Governments |date=1972 |page=131 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ez4dAAAAMAAJ&q=sc+shukla+kanyakubja}}</ref>
* ], former chief minister of ]<ref name="StateGovs"/>
* ], Indian poet and novelist.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mehrotra |first1=Arvind Krishna |title=Last Bungalow: Writings on Allahabad |date=12 December 2006 |publisher=Penguin Books Limited |isbn=978-93-5214-094-7 |page=197 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NNgvCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT197 |language=en}}</ref>
* ], former ] of India<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Singh |first1=N. K |title=Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A private person with strong dislikes and few close friends |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19960531-atal-bihari-vajpayee-a-private-person-with-strong-dislikes-and-few-close-friends-832968-1996-05-30 |access-date=13 October 2023 |magazine=India Today |date=31 May 1996}}</ref>


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Brahmin community

Ethnic group
Kanyakubja Brahmin
Regions with significant populations
Uttar Pradesh • Madhya Pradesh • West Bengal • Chhattisgarh • Jharkhand • Bihar • Assam • Tripura
Languages
Hindi • Kannauji • Awadhi • Bhojpuri • Bengali • other Indo-Aryan languages
Religion
Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
Saraswat Brahmins • Gauda Brahmins • Maithil Brahmins • Bengali Brahmins • Utkala Brahmins

Kanyakubja Brahmins are an endogamous Brahmin community mainly found in northern India. They are classified as one of the Pancha Gauda Brahmin communities.

Origins

The majority of the interviewees assert that the designation of the caste originates from the city of Kannauj, emphasizing that this name signifies a geographical association. The etymology of this caste is solely preserved through genealogies, oral traditions, mythical narratives, and proverbial accounts.

Occupation

Some of the Kanyakubja Brahmins were priests, astronomers, astrologers, or teachers, while others chose the career of soldier. They formed the best fighting element in Awadh next only to Rajputs.

Social status

In Uttar Pradesh, they are considered the highest class of Brahmins.

Notable people

References

  1. Sengupta, Nitish K. (2001). History of the Bengali-Speaking People. UBS Publishers' Distributors. p. 25. ISBN 81-7476-355-4.
  2. Suhasini Bhatnagar and Suraksha Agrawal (2016). "Surname Endogamy among the Brahmin of India". Current Sociology. 50 (6): 853–861. doi:10.1177/0011392102050006005. S2CID 145181320.
  3. Upinder Singh (2008). A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India. Pearson Education India. p. 575. ISBN 9788131711200.
  4. Khare, R. S. (1960). "The Kānya-Kubja Brahmins and Their Caste Organization". Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. 16 (3): 348–367. doi:10.1086/soutjanth.16.3.3629037. ISSN 0038-4801.
  5. Singh, Surya Narayan (2003). The Kingdom of Awadh. Mittal Publications. p. 9. ISBN 978-81-7099-908-9.
  6. Angela S. Burger (2022). Uttar Pradesh : General Background Opposition in a Dominant Party System A Study of the Jan Sangh, the Praja Socialist Party, and the Socialist Party in Uttar Pradesh, India. University of California Press. p. 27. ISBN 9780520365568.
  7. ^ Journal of the Society for Study of State Governments. 1972. p. 131.
  8. Mehrotra, Arvind Krishna (12 December 2006). Last Bungalow: Writings on Allahabad. Penguin Books Limited. p. 197. ISBN 978-93-5214-094-7.
  9. Singh, N. K (31 May 1996). "Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A private person with strong dislikes and few close friends". India Today. Retrieved 13 October 2023.


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