Jati
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Jātis (the word literally means births) comprise the subcastes found within the four major castes, or varnas, of the Indian caste system. Each jāti typically has an association with a traditional job function in Hindu society, although religious beliefs (e.g. Sri Vaishnavism or Veera Shaivism) or linguistic groupings define some jatis. A person's surname typically reflects a jati association: thus Gandhi = greengrocer, Dhobi = washerman, Srivastava = military scribe, etc. In any given location in India 500 or more jatis may co-exist, although the exact composition will differ from district to district.
Many jātis found today in India readily parallel those in the most ancient Hindu texts, indicating that these social groupings have continued uninterrupted since pre-historic times. An important text, the Laws of Manu, c. 200, codified the social relations between caste groups although this book was never followed by any society.
It is believed that the jāti system ossified from an original occupation-based classification into a hereditary classification with attendant rules forbidding marriage between jātis.
Jātis of Varnas
Pancha-Gauda: Those from North or Eastern India:
- Kanyakubja Brahmins
- Saryupareen Brahmins
- Sanadhya Brahmins
- Gouda Saraswat Brahmins
- Shrimali Brahmins
- Khandelwal Brahmins
- Kota Brahmins
- Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins
- Saraswat Brahmins
- Bhumihar Brahmins
- Maithili Brahmins
- Bengali Brahmins
- Dadhich Brahmin
- Gaur Brahmin
- Kashmiri Pandits
- khedaval
- Kulin Brahmins
- Mohyal Brahmins
Pancha-Dravida: Living in Dakshinapatha (including Gujarat):
- Bardai Brahmins
- Chitpavan Brahmins (Konkanasth)
- Daivajna Brahmins
- Deshastha
- Dhima Brahmins
- Koota Brahmins
- Havyaka Brahmins
- Hoysala Karnataka Brahmins
- Iyers, Iyengar (Vadakalai Thenkalai )
- Kandavara Brahmins
- Kannada Brahmins
- Karhade Brahmins
- Koteshwara Brahmins
- Nagar Brahmins
- Namboothiri (Namboodiri, Namboodiripad, Bhatathiripad)
- Pushpaka Brahmins (Ambalavasi Brahmins) (Unni,Warrier, Marar,Nambissan, Pisharedy, Nambidi etc)
- Padia Brahmins
- Saklapuri Brahmins
- Sanketi Brahmins
- Shivalli Brahmins
- Sthanika Brahmins
- Telugu Brahmins (Vaidiki, Niyogi)
- Tuluva Brahmins
- Dasas
- parayans
- pannadais
- edumuddis
- parayerris
See also
- caste
- PT Jatis Piranti Solusindo (Jātis a.k.a. Firium)
- Jāti (tree)
- Dasas
- parayans
- pannadais
- edumuddis
- parayerris
See also
- caste
- PT Jatis Piranti Solusindo (Jātis a.k.a. Firium)
- Jāti (tree)
- Dasas
- parayans
- pannadais
- edumuddis
- parayerris
See also
- caste
- PT Jatis Piranti Solusindo (Jātis a.k.a. Firium)
- Jāti (tree)
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