Pancha-Gauda
Template:Short description Template:DMCA Template:DMCA Pancha Gauda is one of the two major groupings of Brahmins in Hinduism, of which the other is Pancha-Dravida.
In Rajatarangini
According to Kalhana's Rajatarangini (c. 12th century CE), the Pancha Gauda group includes the following five Brahmin communities, which according to the text, reside to the north of the Vindhyas in west-central India:[1][2]
In the Sahyadri-khanda
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 text identifies its heroes, the Shenvis, as Sarasvatas. In the text, Shiva also provides an alternative classification of Pancha Gaudas, stating that the ancient sages made these divisions:[4]
- Trihotras
- Agnivaisyas
- Kanyakubjas
- Kanojyas
- Maitrayanas
In the kaifiyats
The Maratha-era kaifiyats (bureaucratic records) of Deccan, which give an account of the society in the southern Maratha country, mention the following Brahmin communities as Pancha-Gaudas[5]
According to the kaifiyats, the Pancha Gaudas could be either Smarta, Vaishnavas or Bhagavats.[5]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.J. Gerson da Cunha (1877). Sahyadri-Khanda. Thacker, Viring & Co.; Marathi version edited by Gajanan shastri Gaytonde, published by Shree Katyani Publication, Mumbai
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rosalind O'Hanlon (2013). "Performance in a World of Paper: Puranic Histories and Social communication in Early Modern India". Past and Present (219). Oxford University Press / The Past and Present Society: 104. JSTOR 24543602.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Krishnaji Nageshrao Chitnis (1994). Glimpses of Maratha Socio-economic History. Atlantic. pp. 95–96. ISBN 978-81-7156-347-0.
Further reading
- Pratyush Kumar, Homo Connubialis Brahmanicus: Marriage Relations Among Brahmins, Baden-Baden: Nomos (Ergon), Germany, 2025, ISBN 978-3-98740-189-3 (Print).
