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| '''Das''' (]: ''servant''<ref name="isbn1-4286-1308-0">{{cite book|title=Essays And Lectures On The Religions Of The Hindus: Religious Sects of the Hindus V1|year=2006|isbn=1-4286-1308-0|page=353|author=das}}</ref>) is a common last name in ], among adherents of ] and ], as well as those who converted to ] or ]. It is a derived from the Sanskrit word ] (Sanskrit: दास) meaning ], "devotee," or "votary". "Das" may be inferred to be one who has surrendered to God.<ref>{{cite web |title=Das Family History |url=https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=das |website=Ancestry.com |access-date=10 September 2019}}</ref> | '''Das''' (]: ''servant''<ref name="isbn1-4286-1308-0">{{cite book|title=Essays And Lectures On The Religions Of The Hindus: Religious Sects of the Hindus V1|year=2006|isbn=1-4286-1308-0|page=353|author=das}}</ref>) is a common last name in ], among adherents of ] and ], as well as those who converted to ] or ]. It is a derived from the Sanskrit word ] (Sanskrit: दास) meaning ], "devotee," or "votary". "Das" may be inferred to be one who has surrendered to God.<ref>{{cite web |title=Das Family History |url=https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=das |website=Ancestry.com |access-date=10 September 2019}}</ref> | ||
| In ] and ], the surname "Das" is used by the ] and Patni communities.<ref name="SC">{{cite web |title=Scheduled Communities: A social Devlopment profile of SC/ST's (Bihar, Jharkhand & W.B) |url=https://niti.gov.in/planningcommission.gov.in/docs/reports/sereport/ser/stdy_scmnty.pdf |website=niti.gov.in |access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref> | In ], ] and ], the surname "Das" is used by the ] and Patni communities.<ref name="SC">{{cite web |title=Scheduled Communities: A social Devlopment profile of SC/ST's (Bihar, Jharkhand & W.B) |url=https://niti.gov.in/planningcommission.gov.in/docs/reports/sereport/ser/stdy_scmnty.pdf |website=niti.gov.in |access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref> | ||
| In ] the ], the Patni, the ] and other schedule caste communities also uses Das as their surname.<ref>{{cite book |date=1911 |title=Census of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ywpFAQAAMAAJ&q=das+mahishya |location=India |publisher=Government of India |edition=Volume 5, Issue 1 |page=498}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Roy |first1=Dayabati |date=19 December 2013 |title=Rural Politics in India: Political Stratification and Governance in West Bengal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3bn1AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA67 |location=United Kingdom |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=67 |isbn=978-1-107-04235-3}}</ref><ref name="SC"/> | In ] the ], the Patni, the ] and other schedule caste communities also uses Das as their surname.<ref>{{cite book |date=1911 |title=Census of India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ywpFAQAAMAAJ&q=das+mahishya |location=India |publisher=Government of India |edition=Volume 5, Issue 1 |page=498}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Roy |first1=Dayabati |date=19 December 2013 |title=Rural Politics in India: Political Stratification and Governance in West Bengal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3bn1AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA67 |location=United Kingdom |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=67 |isbn=978-1-107-04235-3}}</ref><ref name="SC"/> | ||
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Das (translation: servant) is a common last name in South Asia, among adherents of Hinduism and Sikhism, as well as those who converted to Islam or Christianity. It is a derived from the Sanskrit word Dasa (Sanskrit: दास) meaning servant, "devotee," or "votary". "Das" may be inferred to be one who has surrendered to God.
In Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand, the surname "Das" is used by the Dhobi and Patni communities.
In Assam the Kaibarta, the Patni, the Koch-Rajbanshi and other schedule caste communities also uses Das as their surname.
In Odisha, the 'Das' surname is used by the Gopal and Karan castes, also 'Dash' is used by the Brahmins.
In the Punjab region of India and Pakistan, they generally belong to the Brahmin caste.
Notable people
- Abhishek Das, Indian football player
- Ajit Das, Indian actor
- Amil Kumar Das, Indian astronomer
- Arjun Das, Indian actor
- Atulananda Das, Indian botanist
- Bhagavan Das, Indian Theosophist
- Bhagavan Das, an American yogi
- Bhagwan Das
- Bhai Dyal Das, Sikh martyr
- Bhai Mati Das, Sikh martyr
- Bhai Sati Das, Sikh martyr
- Bibhusita Das, Indian marine engineer
- Bina Das
- Bishnu Charan Das, Indian politician
- Brojen Das
- Chittaranjan Das, a Bengali lawyer and a major figure in the Indian independence movement
- Dinesh Das, a Bengali poet
- Durga Mohan Das
- Gardhab Das, fictional character
- Gobindachandra Das
- Gopabandhu Das, Indian Freedom Fighter, Reformer, Journalist and educationist from Odisha
- Gurcharan Das, Punjabi Hindu columnist for The Times of India
- Guru Amar Das, the third of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism
- Guru Ram Das, the fourth of the Sikh gurus
- Hima Das, Assamese sprinter
- Jagannath Prasad Das, researcher in psychometrics and author of the (PASS theory of intelligence)
- Jatin Das, Indian painter from Odisha
- Jatindra Nath Das, Freedom fighter
- Jibanananda Das, a Bengali poet
- K. S. R. Das, Indian film director
- Kamala Das
- Khagen Das
- Liton Das, Bangladeshi Cricketer
- Madhusudan Das, Odia Lawyer and Indian nationalist of the 19th century.
- Maharaja Bhagwant Das, King of Jaipur(1527-1589)
- Manoj Das, English and Odia writer
- Monica Das
- Namit Das is an Indian film and theatre actor.
- Nandita Das, Indian film actress/director from Odisha
- Parichay Das, path-breaker Bhojpuri- Hindi poet, essayist, critic
- Prosenjit Das, Indian cricketer
- Radha Charan Das, Former Vice-Chancellor of Berhampur University
- Raja Bhagwant Das, Rajasthani ruler of Amber
- Ram Dass
- Ranjan Das
- Rima Das, Assamese Indian filmmaker
- Sarala Dasa, 14th-century poet of Odisha
- Sarat Chandra Das, Indian scholar of Tibetan language
- Satish Ranjan Das
- Seth Govind Das
- Shaktikanta Das, Governor of R.B.I.
- Shiv Sunder Das, Indian Cricketer from Odisha
- Shomie Das, schoolmaster
- Shraddha Das, Indian film actress
- Sudhi Ranjan Das
- Suhasini Das
- Surya Das
- Tapan Das, Indian actor
- Vasundhara Das, Indian actress and singer
- Veena Das
- Vir Das, comedian and actor
See also
References
- ^ das (2006). Essays And Lectures On The Religions Of The Hindus: Religious Sects of the Hindus V1. p. 353. ISBN 1-4286-1308-0.
- "Das Family History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Scheduled Communities: A social Devlopment profile of SC/ST's (Bihar, Jharkhand & W.B)" (PDF). niti.gov.in. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- Census of India (Volume 5, Issue 1 ed.). India: Government of India. 1911. p. 498.
- Roy, Dayabati (19 December 2013). Rural Politics in India: Political Stratification and Governance in West Bengal. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-107-04235-3.
- "shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in" (PDF).
- "Bhai Mati Das". Sikh Heritage. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
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