King Adi Sura of 9 th Century invited Brahmins amongst the Pancha Gouda and Pancha Dravida in his time to educate local Sapta Sati(เคธเคชเฅเคค เคธเคคเคฟ) Brahmins. Sapta Sati(เคธเคชเฅเคค เคธเคคเคฟ) Brahmins later mixed with Rariya Brahmins.
เคถเฅเคฐเฅเคฃเฅ เคฌเฅเคฐเคพเคนเฅเคฎเคฃ
Vaidika Sreni (เคตเฅเคฆเคฟเค เคถเฅเคฐเฅเคฃเฅ เคฌเฅเคฐเคพเคนเฅเคฎเคฃ )
Non- Polygamous
- Paschatya Vaidika(เคชเคพเคถเฅเคเคพเคคเฅเคฏ )
- Dakshnatya Vaidika (เคฆเคเฅเคทเคฟเคฃเคพเคคเฅเคฏ)
[ By title: Bhattacharyya-เคญเคเฅเค +เคเคเคพเคฐเฅเคฏ, Sastri]
Rariya Sreni(เคฐเคพเฅ เคถเฅเคฐเฅเคฃเฅ เคฌเฅเคฐเคพเคนเฅเคฎเคฃ)
[By Title: Mukhapadhya- Bandyapadhya-Chattopadhya-Gangopadhya-Ghosal]
Other Titles: Non- Kulin( Putitunda-KanjiLal-Pakrashi-Majumdar-Roy]
Out caste- Pirali(เคชเฅเคฐ + เค เคฒเคฟ) [ Example:ย Dwaraknat Togare, Prasannaย Kumar Tagore and babu Kali Krishna Tagore – Converted to Islam and then reconverted to Sanatan dharma ]
Sub-division
- Kulin (เคเฅเคฒเฅเคจ เคฌเฅเคฐเคพเคนเฅเคฎเคฃ )
- Bamsaja(เคตเคเคถเค)
- Suddha Srotrya(เคถเฅเคฆเฅเคง เคธเฅเคคเฅเคฐเฅเคฏ)
Barendra Sreni(เคฌเคพเคฐเฅเคเคฆเฅเคฐ เคถเฅเคฐเฅเคฃเฅ เคฌเฅเคฐเคพเคนเฅเคฎเคฃ)
Non- Polygamous
Titles
- Chakravarty
- Lahiri
- Bhandari
- Sanyal
- Maitra
- Bagchi
They also have peculiar titles such as Majumdar, Joardar, Roy, and Chowdhury.
Madhya Sreni (เคฎเคงเฅเคฏ เคถเฅเคฐเฅเคฃเฅ เคฌเฅเคฐเคพเคนเฅเคฎเคฃ)
[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
- Mishra( Reader of Mimamsa)
- Ojha or Jha( Reader of Atharva Veda)
- Thakoor
- Pathak ( Reader of Puranas)
- Upadhya( Assistant teacher)
Varna Brahman (เคฌเคฐเฅเคฃย เคฌเฅเคฐเคพเคนเฅเคฎเคฃ)
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 ( เคฌเฅเคฐเคพเคนเฅเคฎเคฃ เคธเคญเคพ ). Varna Brahmans use to wear the sacred thread and worship Pancha Devata(เคธเฅเคฐ-เคถเคเฅเคคเคฟ-เคเคพเคฃเคชเคคเฅเคฏ-เคตเฅเคทเฅเคฃเคต-เคถเฅเคต) withoutย Vaidik Homa (เคฏเคเฅเค) and without Vaidik Mantra. They use Puranik (เคชเฅเคฐเคพเคฃเคฟเค) rituals with Puranik Mantra. They can perform Nava Karma (without Marriage), including Sraddha Karma.
They shall not be Bigraha Archaka (เคฌเคฟเคเฅเคฐเคน เค เคฐเฅเคเค). 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( Muslim converted Hindu) as Varna Brahmana and Acharya Advaita approved the same.
Acharya Advaita declared Muslim Haridasa as Brahman and offer him the best food(เค เคเฅเคฐ เคญเคพเค )on his Pitri Sraddha(เคชเคฟเคคเฅ เคถเฅเคฐเคฆเฅเคง)
Now, even, if anybody converts to Sanatan Dharma and adopt good practice and education, they become เคฌเคฐเฅเคฃ เคฌเฅเคฐเคพเคนเฅเคฎเคฃ immediately.
Examples:ย
- Namo Brahmins
- Yugi Brahmins
- Sharma Brahmin
- Parasar Brahmin (เคชเคฐเคพเคถเคฐ เคตเคฟเคชเฅเคฐ)
ย
เฆฌเฆพเฆฐเงเฆจเงเฆฆเงเฆฐ เฆฌเงเฆฐเฆพเฆเงเฆฎเฆฃ-เฆฌเฆฟเฆฌเฆฐเฆฃ – เฆถเงเฆฐเงเฆจเฆเงเฆจเงเฆฆเงเฆฐเฆจเฆพเฆฅ เฆชเงเฆฐเฆฃเงเฆค (Barendra Brahman Vivaran)