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'''Kannada Brahmins''' (also known as '''Karnataka Brahmins''' or '''Carnatic Brahmins''' |
'''Kannada Brahmins''' (also known as '''Karnataka Brahmins''' or '''Carnatic Brahmins''') are ] communities native to the Indian state of ]. Karnataka brahmins are divided into two major sub-divisions, the ] and ] with several sub-divisions under each.<ref>{{cite book|title=Aryans in South India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=El9uAAAAMAAJ|author=P. P. Nārāyanan Nambūdiri|publisher=Inter-India Publications|year=1992|page=76|quote=The Canarese or the Karnataka Brahmins The Canarese speaking or Karnataka brahmins are divided into two major sub-divisions, the Smarta and Madhwa with several sub- divisions under each.}}</ref> | ||
==Classification== | ==Classification== |
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Kannada Brahmins (also known as Karnataka Brahmins or Carnatic Brahmins) are Brahmin communities native to the Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka brahmins are divided into two major sub-divisions, the Smarta and Madhwa with several sub-divisions under each.
Classification
Karnataka Brahmins fall under the Pancha Dravida Brahmin classification of the Brahmin community in India.
See also
References
- P. P. Nārāyanan Nambūdiri (1992). Aryans in South India. Inter-India Publications. p. 76.
The Canarese or the Karnataka Brahmins The Canarese speaking or Karnataka brahmins are divided into two major sub-divisions, the Smarta and Madhwa with several sub- divisions under each.
- Karnataka State Gazetteer: Mysore. Director of Print, Stationery and Publications at the Government Press. 1988. p. 157.
Of the two broad divisions among the brahmins, the Pancha Gowda of the north and the Pancha Dravida of the south, the brahmins of the Karnataka belong to the latter. There are the four lingustic groups speaking Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam.