Brahmins of Bengal

King Adi Sura of 9 th Century invited Brahmins amongst the Pancha Gouda and Pancha Dravida in his timeTime Where any expression of it occurs in any Rules, or any judgment, order or direction, and whenever the doing or not doing of anything at a certain time of the day or night or during a certain part of the day or night has an effect in law, that time is, unless it is otherwise specifically stated, held to be standard time as used in a particular country or state. (In Physics, time and Space never exist actually-“quantum entanglement”) to educate local Sapta Sati(सप्त सति) Brahmins. Sapta Sati(सप्त सति) Brahmins later mixed with Rariya Brahmins.

श्रेणी ब्राह्मण

Vaidika Sreni (वैदिक श्रेणी ब्राह्मण )

Non- Polygamous

1. Paschatya Vaidika(पाश्चात्य )
2. Dakshnatya Vaidika (दक्षिणात्य)

[ By title: Bhattacharyya-भट्ट +आचार्य, Sastri]

Rariya Sreni(राड़ श्रेणी ब्राह्मण)

[By Title: Mukhapadhya- Bandyapadhya-Chattopadhya-Gangopadhya-Ghosal]

Other Titles: Non- Kulin( Putitunda-KanjiLal-Pakrashi-Majumdar-Roy]

Out caste- Pirali(पीर + अलि) [ Example:  Dwaraknat Togare, Prasanna  Kumar Tagore and babu Kali Krishna Tagore – Converted to Islam and then reconverted to Sanatan dharma ]

Sub-division

1. Kulin (कुलीन ब्राह्मण )
2. Bamsaja(वंशज)
3. Suddha Srotrya(शुद्ध सोत्रीय)

Barendra Sreni(बारेंद्र श्रेणी ब्राह्मण)

Non- Polygamous

Titles

1. Chakravarty
2. Lahiri
3. Bhandari
4. Sanyal
5. Maitra
6. Bagchi

They also have peculiar titles such as Majumdar, Joardar, Roy, and Chowdhury.

Madhya Sreni (मध्य श्रेणी ब्राह्मण)

[By Title: Roy, Majumdar]

These people are not prominent and almost illiterate, became the priest of Kaivartas, and also accepted agriculture as a profession.

Apart from above, some Maithili Brahmins are also available in Bengal.

Maithili Brahmins

Maharaja of Darbhanga was the chief patron of Maithili Brahmins .

Popular surnames

1. Mishra( Reader of Mimamsa)
2. Ojha or Jha( Reader of Atharva Veda)
3. Thakoor
4. Pathak ( Reader of Puranas)
5. Upadhya( Assistant teacher)

Varna Brahman (बर्ण ब्राह्मण)

Varna Brahmans are actually not Brahmin as said above, but they were elevated from lower class for the priestly purpose due to their good practice and attitude by the Kings with the approval of Brahminical Council ( ब्राह्मण सभा ). Varna Brahmans use to wear the sacred thread and worship Pancha Devata(सौर-शक्ति-गाणपत्य-वैष्णव-शैव) without  Vaidik Homa (यज्ञ) and without Vaidik Mantra. They use Puranik (पौराणिक) rituals with Puranik Mantra. They can perform Nava Karma (without Marriage), including Sraddha Karma.

They shall not be Bigraha Archaka (बिग्रह अर्चक). Later Vaishnava Acharyas granted them to worship Radha Krishna Archa Bigraha in Vaishnava Temples in Nadiya and Vrindavana. Sree Krishna Chaitanya accepted Rupa and Sanatana( MuslimMuslim A community gathered around Muhammad (d. 632 CE) and confessed that Muhammad was the last of Prophets and he received Quran through Zibreel Farista from Allah. Hadith of Sahih Bukhari faithfully recorded the commands of Muhammad. He acknowledged the contribution of Jesus to the Abrahamic Religion. converted HinduHindu A geographical name given by non-Hindus, who came to visit Bharatvarsha (Hindusthan). Sanatan Dharma is the actual Dharmic tradition of the Hindus. People who live in Hindusthan are Hindu, whether they Follow Islam, Chris, Buddha, Mahavira, or Nanaka. In this way, Tribals are also Hindu.) as Varna Brahmana and Acharya Advaita approved the same.

Acharya Advaita declared Muslim Haridasa as Brahman and offer him the best food(अग्र भाग )on his Pitri Sraddha(पितृ श्रद्ध)

Now, even, if anybody converts to Sanatan Dharma and adopt good practice and education, they become बर्ण ब्राह्मण immediately.

Examples: 

1. Namo Brahmins
2. Yugi Brahmins
3. Sharma Brahmin
4. Parasar Brahmin (पराशर विप्र)

বারেন্দ্র ব্রাঙ্মণ-বিবরণ – শ্রীনগেন্দ্রনাথ প্রণীত (Barendra Brahman Vivaran)