Kanyakubja Brahmins

Kanyakubja Brahmins

The Kanyakubja Brahmins comprise one of the five sub-divisions of Panch-Gauda (IAST|pañcagauḍa, "IAST|pañca-gauḍa-brāhmaṇa-jāti" , i.e., "fivefold Jāti of Gauda Brahmins").

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References

*Kalhana's Rajatarangini: A Chronicle of the Kings of Kashmir; 3 Volumes > M.A.Stein (translator),(Introduction by Mohammad Ishaq Khan),published by Saujanya Books at Srinagar,2007,(First Edition pub. in 1900),ISBN: 81-8339-043-9 / 8183390439.
*A History of Brahmin Clans (IAST|Brāhmaṇa Vaṃshõ kā Itihāsa) in Hindi, by Dorilāl Śarmā,published by Rāśtriya Brāhamana Mahāsabhā, Vimal Building, Jamirābād, Mitranagar, Masūdābād,Aligarh-1, 2nd ed-1998. (This Hindi book contains the most exhaustive list of Brahmana gotras and pravaras together their real and mythological histories).
*IAST|Jāti-Bhāṣkara by Pt. Jwālā Prasād Misra, published by Khemaraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, (1914).
*The Tribes and Castes of Central Provinces of India, by R. V. Russel,I.C.S,(assisted by R. B. Hira Lal),4 Vols,Macmillan and Co; New Ed edition (2 Aug 1995) : Asian Educational Services,India; Language English,ISBN-10: 812060833X ,ISBN-13: 978-8120608337
*"Hindu Castes and Sects" Jogendranath Bhattacharya; First Editions :Calcutta,1896); New Ed:New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publications, 1995.
*Mayne's "Treatise on Hindu Law and Usage",15th ed.,New Delhi: Bharat Law House, 2003.
*Kane, Pandurang Vaman(1880 - 1972), "History of Dharmaśāstra " (ancient and mediæval religious and civil law in India), Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. 1962 - 1975.
*Hindu Manners, Customs, and Ceremonies, by Abbe J. A. Dubois,English translation first published in 1816, Reprint. 1999(Third edition. Delhi, Low Price Pub.), 2 volumes, 741 p.,ISBN 81-7020-927-7.
*(Manusmriti) : cite book | author = Translation by G. Bühler| title = Sacred Books of the East: The Laws of Manu (Vol. XXV)| publisher = Oxford | year = 1886| isbn = Available online as [http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/manu.htm The Laws of Manu]
*"History of India" by Herman Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund, Published 2004,Routledge,448 pages,ISBN 0415329205
*"IAST|Brāhmaṇotpatti-mārtaṇḍa" by Harikṛṣṇa Śāstri, (Sanskrit), 1871

ee also

*Brahmin communities
*Brahmin
*Brahmins
*Hinduism
*Forward Castes
*Classification of Brahmins

External links

* [http://www.vedah.net/manasanskriti/Brahmins.html The complete reference to Brahmins] : No material from this site has been borrowed for this article.
* [http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/people/brahmins/list.htm A Long List of Brahmin Castes and Sub-castes]


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