Basumatary or Basumatari is a surname found among the
Boro people
Boro (बर'/बड़ो ), also called Bodo, is the largest ethnolinguistic group in the Assam state of India. They are a part of the greater Bodo-Kachari family of ethnolinguistic groups and are spread across northeastern India. They are ...
of north-eastern India. Basumatary comes from the word ''Basumati-ároi'', meaning Earth-folk. The members of the clan cannot bury their dead or erect a funeral pyre without paying a token amount to Mother Earth through Basumatarys .
Basumatary is derived from the Hindu earth goddess Basumati(
Bhudevi
Bhumi ( sa, भूमि, Bhūmi), also known as Bhudevi and Vasundhara, is a Hindu goddess who is the personification of the Earth. She is a consort of the god Vishnu. According to Vaishnava tradition, she is the second aspect of Vishnu's cons ...
), consort of
Varaha
Varaha ( sa, वराह, , "boar") is an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, in the form of a boar. Varaha is generally listed as third in the Dashavatara, the ten principal avatars of Vishnu.
Varaha is most commonly associated with the leg ...
( third incarnation of
Vishnu
Vishnu ( ; , ), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism.
Vishnu is known as "The Preserver" withi ...
). She is the mythical mother of Boro people .
The mythical dynasty of Boros, the
Bhauma dynasty
The Bhauma dynasty is the second legendary dynasty of Pragjyotisha, after the Danava dynasty. Narakasura, who is said to have established this dynasty, and his descendants Bhagadatta and Vajradatta are first mentioned in the epics ''Mahabh ...
derived its name from
Bhudevi/basumati. Bhauma dynasty was founded by mythical Bārā/Bara hari/Boro king
Narakasura
Naraka, also known as Narakasura (), is an asura king in Hindu mythology. In Assamese tradition, he is regarded as the legendary progenitor of all three dynasties of Pragjyotisha-Kamarupa, and the founding ruler of the legendary Bhauma dyna ...
, the son of Baraha and Basumati. All
Kamrupa kings drew their lineage from Narakasura and called themselves as Baraha-pati(king of Boros).
Notable people
People with this surname include:
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Hagrama Mohilary (alias Hagrama Basumatary) - Chief of Bodoland Territorial Council.
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Hitesh Basumatary - Indian politician.
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Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary - Indian politician in Lok Sabha.
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Rajni Basumatary - Indian actress and filmmaker.
See also
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Bodo people
Boro (बर'/बड़ो ), also called Bodo, is the largest ethnolinguistic group in the Assam state of India. They are a part of the greater Bodo-Kachari family of ethnolinguistic groups and are spread across northeastern India. They are ...
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Bodo Sahitya Sabha
The Bodo Sahitya Sabha promotes the Bodo language and Bodo literature.
It was founded under the presidency and leadership of Joy Bhadra Hagjer, at Basugaon, in the district of Kokrajhar, Assam on 16 November 1952. It consisted of representat ...
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Bodo language
Boro (बर'/बड़ो ), also called Bodo, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Boro people of India, Nepal and Bangladesh. It is an official language of the Indian state of Assam, predominantly spoken in the Bodoland Te ...
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Narzary
Narzary, Narjinari or Narjinary is one of the most common surname amongst the Boro community of Assam, India.
Notable people
People with surname Narzary who may or may not belong to this specific community
* Halicharan Narzary, Indian football ...
References
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Occupational surnames
Surnames of Indian origin
Bodo-language surnames