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Khaptari
Basnet/Basnyat ( ne, बस्नेत/बस्न्यात) is a surname of Khasas of Nepal and India. It is found among Jharra Chhetri community. There are five different branches of Basnets in Nepal: *The Shreepali (Sripali) Jumli Basnets of Jumla bharadwaja later Gorkha. *The Khaptari (Khaptadi Basnyat) King of Khaptad Raghuvanshi Kshatriya Kaushik gotriya *The Lamichhane Lamichhane ( ne, लामिछाने) is a surname found in Nepal. Some notable Lamichhane include: * Gopal Chandra Lamichhane (b. 1974) *Jiba Lamichhane, Nepalese businessman * Khagendra Lamichhane, Nepalese actor, writer and director *Rabi L ...; Garga gotriya Basnets Notable people with surname Basnet References {{Chhetri communities Surnames of Nepalese origin Nepali-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaptari
Basnet/Basnyat ( ne, बस्नेत/बस्न्यात) is a surname of Khasas of Nepal and India. It is found among Jharra Chhetri community. There are five different branches of Basnets in Nepal: *The Shreepali (Sripali) Jumli Basnets of Jumla bharadwaja later Gorkha. *The Khaptari (Khaptadi Basnyat) King of Khaptad Raghuvanshi Kshatriya Kaushik gotriya *The Lamichhane Lamichhane ( ne, लामिछाने) is a surname found in Nepal. Some notable Lamichhane include: * Gopal Chandra Lamichhane (b. 1974) *Jiba Lamichhane, Nepalese businessman * Khagendra Lamichhane, Nepalese actor, writer and director *Rabi L ...; Garga gotriya Basnets Notable people with surname Basnet References {{Chhetri communities Surnames of Nepalese origin Nepali-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karki (surname)
Karki (Devanagari/कार्की) is a Nepali/ Kumaoni surname used by Khas people. It is found among the Chhetri community from Nepal. Karki was one of the titles of governmental posts in ancient Khasa kingdom. The tax collecting officers in Dara/Garkha had the governmental title of karki. There are various subgroups within the Karki family. ' Rikhle Karki', 'Lama Karki', 'Sutar Karki', 'Mudula Karki', 'Khulal Karki', 'Khaptari Karki', Rume Karki, 'Sinjapati Karki', 'Godar Karki', etc. are the clans of Karki. ]. Notable people with surname Karki Notable people who bear the name Karki include: * Bipin Karki, Nepalese actor * Dipak Karki, Nepalese politician * Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, Nepalese politician * Lokman Singh Karki, Nepalese civil servant, former head of CIAA * Neelam Karki "Niharika", Nepalese poet * Priyanka Karki, Nepalese actress * Ram Karki, Nepalese politician * Rameshwor Karki, Nepalese cinematographer * Sushila Karki, Nepalese jurist and first fema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepali Language
Nepali (; , ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Himalayas region of South Asia. It is the official, and most widely spoken, language of Nepal, where it also serves as a '' lingua franca''. Nepali has official status in the Indian state of Sikkim and in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration of West Bengal. It is spoken by about a quarter of Bhutan's population. Nepali also has a significant number of speakers in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Uttarakhand. In Myanmar it is spoken by the Burmese Gurkhas. The Nepali diaspora in the Middle East, Brunei, Australia and worldwide also use the language. Nepali is spoken by approximately 16 million native speakers and another 9 million as a second language. Nepali is commonly classified within the Eastern Pahari group of the Northern zone of Indo-Aryan. The language originated from the Sinja Valley, Karnali Province then the capital city of the Khasa K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jharra Chhetri
Jharra Chhetri (; are the subgroup of the Chhetri caste who are socio-religiously considered the purest among all Chhetri subcastes. Jharra Chhetri wear the six threaded Janai (sacred thread). Although Khatri chhetri and Matwali chhetris or pawai chhetri outnumber Jharras but almost all Notable people from chhetri community are exclusively Jharras like Bogati, Basnet /Basnyat,Thapa, karki kunwar khadka Budathoki katuwal mahat and so on . Jharra Chhetri are Kshatriya in Hindu Social status. They follow Bartaman ceremony and proclaim a caste-based supremacy over other Kshatriya communities like Thakuri(Rajputs) and pawei khasa Chhetri based on the socio-religious gradation of purity. Most of them were historically warriors' nobility ruler's administrator or government official as their surname suggest. Jharra chhetris with heterogenous surnames they are also called as Bahuthariya For eg. Thapa ( Bagale/Lamichhane/godar/suyal/puwar) Karki (mudula/lama/sutar) Basnet(khaptari/shri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garga (gotra)
Garga may refer to: Places * Garga, Republic of Buryatia, a rural locality in Russia * Garga, Iran, a village in Iran * Garga, Burkina Faso, a village in Niou Department, Burkina Faso * Garga (river), a river in Italy Other uses * Garga (sage), ancient Indian sage and the author of a ''Rigveda'' hymn * Vrddha Garga, ancient Indian astrologer and astronomer * Garga (gotra), a Hindu gotra * ''Garga'' (skipper), a genus of butterflies * Garga, a fictional character in the '' Future Card Buddyfight'' collectible card game People with the name * Bhagwan Das Garga, Indian documentary filmmaker * Garga Haman Adji, Cameroonian politician See also * Gargah * Garg (other) * Gargar (other) * Gargas (other), several places in France * Gargya (other) Gārgya (feminine Gārgī, "descendant of Garga") may refer to: * Author of some of the sukthas of Atharva Veda, son of Garga and father of Kalayavana * King of Gandharvas * Author of the Samaveda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamichhane
Lamichhane ( ne, लामिछाने) is a surname found in Nepal. Some notable Lamichhane include: * Gopal Chandra Lamichhane (b. 1974) *Jiba Lamichhane, Nepalese businessman * Khagendra Lamichhane, Nepalese actor, writer and director *Rabi Lamichhane, Nepalese journalist *Sandeep Lamichhane (b. 2000), Nepalese cricketer *Santosh Lamichhane, Nepalese writer * Sarita Lamichhane (b. 1975), Nepalese actress *Shankar Lamichhane Shankar Lamichhane ( ne, शङ्कर लामिछाने; 1928 – 1976) was a Nepalese essayist and short–story writer. He is best known for his Madan Puraskar–winning essay collection '' Abstract Chintan Pyaj''. Early life He wa ..., Nepalese writer References {{Chhetri communities Ethnic groups in Nepal Bahun Nepali-language surnames Khas surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaushik
Kaushik ( hi, कौशिक) or Kaushike ( mr, कौशिक) or Koushik/Kousik is a caste of patri-clan (gotra) of Brahmins and Kshatriya named after Brahmarishi Vishvamitra. Kaushik is used as a surname by Brahmins and Kshatriya of Vishwamitra or Kaushika gotra. Kaushik/Koushik is ancient Indian 'Gotra' applied to an Indian clan. Origin of Kaushik can be referenced to an ancient Hindu text. There was a Rishi (saint) by the name of "Vishvamitra" literally meaning 'friend of the universe', 'Vishwa' as in universe and 'Mitra' as in friend, he was also called as Rishi "Kaushik".Vishvamitra is famous in many legendary stories and in different works of Hindu literature. Kaushika is pravara of Vishwamitra gotra. Etymology The name "Koushika" (i.e. Kaushik) literally means "descended from Kusha". ;Other theories British writer John Garrett (1871) believed that Kush here refers to the name of a place in Central Asia. According to Robert Vane Russell, Kaushik and be derived from Ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharadwaja
Bharadvaja ( sa, भरद्वाज, IAST: ; also spelled Bharadwaja) was one of the revered Vedic sages (maharishi) in Ancient India. He was a renowned scholar, economist, grammarian and physician. He is one of the Saptarishis (seven great sages or Maharṣis). His contributions to ancient Indian literature, specifically the ''Rigveda'', provide significant insight into ancient Indian society. He and his family of students were the authors of the sixth book of the ''Rigveda''. In the epic ''Mahabharata'', Bharadwaja was the father of the teacher (guru) Droṇācārya, the instructor to Pandava and Kaurava princes. Bharadwaja is also mentioned in ''Charaka Samhita'', an authoritative ancient Indian medical text. Etymology The word Bharadvaja is a compound Sanskrit from ''"bhara(d) and vaja(m)"'', which together mean "bringing about nourishment". the name also lends itself to more than one yoga asana called Bharadvajasana (“nourishing pose”) named after the sage. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jumla District
Jumla District ( ne, जुम्ला जिल्ला), is one of the ten districts of the Karnali province of Nepal. This district has Jumla as its headquarters, an area of ; it had populations of 89,427 and 108,921, respectively, in the national censuses of 2001 and 2011. Its territory lies between longitudes 81⁰ 28' and 82⁰ 18' East, and between latitudes 28⁰ 58' and 29⁰ 30' North. The Nepali language (then known as Khas language) originated in the Sinja Valley. Sinja was the capital of Khas Kingdom, and the dialect called "Khas Bhasa" is still spoken among that region's people. History Khasa Kingdom Jumla was a part of Khasa kingdom during the 11th to 13th century. After 13th-century, Khasa Kingdom collapsed and divided into Baise Rajya (22 principalities) in the Karnali-Bheri region and the Kingdom of Jumla was one of them. Kingdom of Jumla The Jumla Kingdom was one of the many kingdoms that dotted Nepal before its reunification by King Prithvi Nar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shreepali
The Shreepali Basnet are originally from the Saipal, Far West Region who got their prominence in Gorkha district of Nepal. They mainly worship 'Masto' as their 'Kulayan' but saipali from Gorkha has changed their worship to "Sishakoti Mahadev", "Veerabhadra", "Mahakali" as their Kul Deuta and Aradhe Devi "Dakshinkali" as Istha deuta in style of Kunwar Rana. They became very powerful during the unification of Nepal and remained so until the emergence of Jung Bahadur Kunwar or later known as Jang Bahadur Rana. The King's men It is known that during the reign of King Prithivi Narayan Shah the Shreepali Basnyats of Gorkha were the leading military force. They were either highly ranked officers in the army or key figures in the king's court. King Prithvi Narayan Shah formed an alliance between the Basnyat and Pandey families of Gorkha in his quest for the unification of Nepal. Shivaram Singh Basnyat, the commander of Gorkhali forces belonged to Shreepali Basnyat clan. He was son of Jay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chhetri
Chhetri (Kshetri, Kshettri, Kshetry or Chhettri), ( ne, क्षेत्री ; IAST: ''Kṣetrī'') historically called Kshettriya or Kshetriya or Khas are Nepali speakers of Khas community, some of whom trace their origin to migration from medieval India. Chhetri was a caste of administrators, governor and military elites in the medieval Khas Kingdom and Gorkha Kingdom (later unified Kingdom of Nepal). The nobility of the Gorkha Kingdom mainly originated from Chhetri families. They also had a strong presence in civil administration affairs. The bulk of prime ministers of Nepal before the democratization of Nepal belonged to this caste as a result of the old Gorkhali aristocracy. Gorkha-based aristocratic Chhetri families included the Pande dynasty, the Basnyat dynasty, the Kunwar family, and the Thapa dynasty, (Rana dynasty and other Kunwars). Khas Chhetris were traditionally considered a division of the Khas people with Khas Brahmin (commonly called Khas Bahun). They m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
