Pancha-Gauda

Pancha Gauda is one of the two major groupings of Brahmins in Hinduism, of which the other was Pancha-Dravida.

According to Kalhana's Rajatarangini, the Pancha Gauda group includes the following five Brahmin communities residing to the north of the Vindhyas:[1][2]

  1. Gauda
  2. Kannaujia
  3. Maithila
  4. Utkala
  5. Saraswat Brahmin (including Goud Saraswat Brahmins, who have migrated to the south of Vindhyas)

References

  1. James G. Lochtefeld (2002). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: N-Z. Rosen. p. 491. ISBN 9780823931804.
  2. D. Shyam Babu and Ravindra S. Khare, ed. (2011). Caste in Life: Experiencing Inequalities. Pearson Education India. p. 168. ISBN 9788131754399.
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