Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Gaur Brahmins (also spelled Gor, Gour, Gaud or Gauda) are a community of Brahmins in India. They are one of the five Pancha Gauda Brahmin communities that live north of the Vindhyas . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The Sahyadri-khanda, considered a part of the Skanda Purana, also mentions the same classification as the Rajatarangini. [3] For example, fragments of the Sahyadri-khanda, featured in Hemadri's Chatur-varga-chintamani (13th century), quote Shiva to provide this classification.
The 3rd Brahmans were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. 3rd Brahmanas recruits from Gaur Brahmins and Kanyakubja Brahmins composition of 2 companies from both.
This page was last edited on 8 September 2022, at 20:30 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
There are many interpretations on how the Gaud Saraswat Brahmins received the name "Gaud" and the information about it is scant. Authors Jose Patrocinio De Souza and Alfred D'Cruz interpreters that the word Gauda or Goud may have been taken from Ghaggar, with Goud and Saraswat having the same meaning, that is an individual residing on the banks of river Saraswati.
Their main biradari is the Gaur Brahmin. Some Garha sub-groups descent from the Gaur (Clan) of Rajput. But most of Gada groups are descent from the Gaur Brahmin community, and Garha is the khadi boli transformation of the original Sanskrit word "Gauda" which means "fair one" an allusion to the learnedness and high status.
Brahmin Sikh is a Sikh religious group whose members belong to Brahmin community. They played a key role in the early years of Sikhism . [ 1 ] Sometimes they are called Kashmiri Sikhs, for those who are of Kashmiri origin .
Mudgal surname also spelled as Mudgil, Modgil, Moudgil in some areas. In North India Mudgal Gotra is shared by Gaur/Gaud Brahmins, Saraswat Brahmins and Gaur/Gaud Tyagi Brahmins.Rishi Mudgal wrote 1 Upanishad out of 108 Upanishads named Mudgal Upanishad. Mudgal Upanishad is of a very special type and unique amongst all Upanishads ever written.