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List Of Deshastha Brahmins
Deshastha Brahmins form a major sub-caste of Brahmins in states of Maharashtra and north Karnataka in India. They is a sizeable number of them in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana ,tamil nadu and Madhya Pradesh. The following is the list of notables from the community. Religious figures *Nivruttinath (1273–1297) - older brother of Dynaneshwar; Varkari saint and philosopher *Dnyaneshwar (1275–1296) - 13th-century Marathi people, Marathi Varkari saint, poet, philosopher and yogi of the Nath Vaishnava tradition *Sopan (1277-1296) - saint of the Varkari sect; younger brother of saint Dnyaneshwar *Muktabai (1279-1297) - younger sister of Saint Dynaneshwar; Varkari saint and philosopher *Chakradhar Swami - 13th century Vaishnava saint; founder of the Mahanubhava sect. *Padmanabha Tirtha (Shobhana Bhatta) (samadhi 1324 CE), a Hindu Dvaita philosopher, dialectician, the direct disciple of Madhvacharya and the acharya who is known for spreading Tattvavada outside the Tuluna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deshastha Brahmin
Deshastha Brahmin is a Hindu Brahmin subcaste mainly from the Indian state of Maharashtra and northern area of the state of Karnataka. Other than these states, according to authors K. S. Singh, Gregory Naik and Pran Nath Chopra, Deshastha Brahmins are also concentrated in the states of Telangana , Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh Author Pran Nath Chopra and journalist Pritish Nandy says, "Most of the well-known saints from Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh were Deshastha Brahmins". The mother tongue of Deshastha Brahmins is either Marathi or Kannada. Some Deshasthas who settled in Telugu states also adopted Telugu as their mother tongue. Over the millennia, the Deshastha community has produced Mathematicians such as Bhāskara II, Sanskrit scholars such as Bhavabhuti; Bhakti saints such as Dnyaneshwar, Sripadaraja, Eknath, Purandara Dasa, Samarth Ramdas and Vijaya Dasa; Logicians such as Jayatirtha and Vyasatirtha. The traditional occupation of Deshastha Brahmins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
