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==Origin==
==Origin==
Srivastavas are one of the twelve sub-clans of the [[Chitraguptvanshi Kayastha]]s that were traditionally involved in record-keeping, administration and military services. The clan was influential during Ancient empires and Mughal empire in the Indian subcontinent, earning such titles as [[Pandit]], [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] and [[Lala (title)|Lala]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MihuAAAAMAAJ|title=The Kāyasthas: a study in the formation and early history of a caste|last=Gupta|first=Chitrarekha|date=1996|publisher=K.P. Bagchi & Co.|isbn=9788170741565|pages=117|language=en|quote=This love and respect for knowledge were nothing special with the line of Jajuka. Rather, these were general features of the characters of the Sri-Vastavyas}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=SHAH|first=K.K.|date=1993|title=Self Legitimation and Social Primacy: A Case Study of Some Kayastha Inscriptions From Central India|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=54|pages=860–861|jstor=44143088|issn=2249-1937|quote=Vastavya, therefore, will have to be taken as a sub-caste a few members of which rose to very high positions in the administrative hierarchy of the Chandella kingdom. Two families from this branch of the Kayasthas have left three inscriptions for us containing an account of the mythical origin as also genealogical tree in order to establish their high Brahminic credentials...It is also noteworthy that both Jajuka and Maheshvara have remarkable military achievements to their credit which could put them on par with the Kshatriyas.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a9j9ZJGJOV0C|title=The Candellas of Jejākabhukti|last=Dikshit|first=R. K.|date=1976|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-046-4|pages=71, 173–175, 190|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=irHN2UA_Z7gC|title=The Early Rulers of Khajuraho|last=Mitra|first=Sisir Kumar|date=1977|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ.|isbn=978-81-208-1997-9|pages=180|language=en|edition=Second Revised}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUt3wgEACAAJ|title=Socio-economic History of Northern India: (1030 - 1194 A.D.)|last=Mazumdar|first=Bhakat Prasad|date=1960|publisher=Mukhopadhyay|pages=101–103|language=en|chapter=Castes and Professions|quote=Members of Vastavya community rose to very high positions. They enjoyed the feudatory status of Thakkura under the Gahadavala Kings under Govindachandra and Jayachandra, and the Chandela King Bhojavarman...It is possible that because of their services, the king raised them to a higher status...His brothers, Jaundhara and Maladhara were valiant warriors...The history of these two families show that the Vastavyas could become valiant soldiers.}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUt3wgEACAAJ|title=Socio-economic History of Northern India: (1030 - 1194 A.D.)|last=Mazumdar|first=Bhakat Prasad|date=1960|publisher=Mukhopadhyay|pages=100|language=en|quote=Three inscriptions written by these Vastavya Kayasthas for the Gahadavala kings Govindachandra and Jayachandra and also the Sahet Mahet inscription dated 1276 VS/1219-29 A.D....Nana's ancestors were inhabitants of Kausamyapura or Kosam in the Allahabad district originally.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ryhuAAAAMAAJ|title=Kayasthas in making of modern Bihar|last=Sinha|first=Bindeshwari Prasad|date=2003|publisher=Impression Publication|pages=13|language=en|quote=Banaras plate of Govinchandra refers to Vastavya Kayastha.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EJQBAAAAMAAJ|title=The History of the Gāhaḍavāla Dynasty|last=Niyogi|first=Roma|date=1959|publisher=Oriental Book Agency|pages=212|language=en|quote=It also contains a statue of Vastavya-Kayastha Thakkura Sri-Ranapala (in a soldier's outfit) who appears to have built...}}</ref>
Srivastavas are one of the twelve sub-clans of the [[Chitraguptvanshi Kayastha]]s that were traditionally involved in record-keeping, administration and military services. The clan was influential during Ancient empires and Mughal empire in the Indian subcontinent, earning such titles as [[Pandit]], [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] and [[Lala (title)|Lala]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MihuAAAAMAAJ|title=The Kāyasthas: a study in the formation and early history of a caste|last=Gupta|first=Chitrarekha|date=1996|publisher=K.P. Bagchi & Co.|isbn=9788170741565|pages=117|language=en|quote=This love and respect for knowledge were nothing special with the line of Jajuka. Rather, these were general features of the characters of the Sri-Vastavyas}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=SHAH|first=K.K.|date=1993|title=Self Legitimation and Social Primacy: A Case Study of Some Kayastha Inscriptions From Central India|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=54|pages=860–861|jstor=44143088|issn=2249-1937|quote=Vastavya, therefore, will have to be taken as a sub-caste a few members of which rose to very high positions in the administrative hierarchy of the Chandella kingdom. Two families from this branch of the Kayasthas have left three inscriptions for us containing an account of the mythical origin as also genealogical tree in order to establish their high Brahminic credentials...It is also noteworthy that both Jajuka and Maheshvara have remarkable military achievements to their credit which could put them on par with the Kshatriyas.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a9j9ZJGJOV0C|title=The Candellas of Jejākabhukti|last=Dikshit|first=R. K.|date=1976|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-046-4|pages=71, 173–175, 190|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=irHN2UA_Z7gC|title=The Early Rulers of Khajuraho|last=Mitra|first=Sisir Kumar|date=1977|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ.|isbn=978-81-208-1997-9|pages=180|language=en|edition=Second Revised}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUt3wgEACAAJ|title=Socio-economic History of Northern India: (1030 - 1194 A.D.)|last=Mazumdar|first=Bhakat Prasad|date=1960|publisher=Mukhopadhyay|pages=101–103|language=en|chapter=Castes and Professions|quote=Members of Vastavya community rose to very high positions. They enjoyed the feudatory status of Thakkura under the Gahadavala Kings under Govindachandra and Jayachandra, and the Chandela King Bhojavarman...It is possible that because of their services, the king raised them to a higher status...His brothers, Jaundhara and Maladhara were valiant warriors...The history of these two families show that the Vastavyas could become valiant soldiers.}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUt3wgEACAAJ|title=Socio-economic History of Northern India: (1030 - 1194 A.D.)|last=Mazumdar|first=Bhakat Prasad|date=1960|publisher=Mukhopadhyay|pages=100|language=en|quote=Three inscriptions written by these Vastavya Kayasthas for the Gahadavala kings Govindachandra and Jayachandra and also the Sahet Mahet inscription dated 1276 VS/1219-29 A.D....Nana's ancestors were inhabitants of Kausamyapura or Kosam in the Allahabad district originally.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ryhuAAAAMAAJ|title=Kayasthas in making of modern Bihar|last=Sinha|first=Bindeshwari Prasad|date=2003|publisher=Impression Publication|pages=13|language=en|quote=Banaras plate of Govinchandra refers to Vastavya Kayastha.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EJQBAAAAMAAJ|title=The History of the Gāhaḍavāla Dynasty|last=Niyogi|first=Roma|date=1959|publisher=Oriental Book Agency|pages=212|language=en|quote=It also contains a statue of Vastavya-Kayastha Thakkura Sri-Ranapala (in a soldier's outfit) who appears to have built...}}</ref> Several Brahmin assemblies and [[Shankaracharya]] considered them to be '''Kayastha Brahmin''' <ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19472498.2014.969013?forwardService=showFullText&tokenAccess=sVutedPHyAb8P3Bex9c7&tokenDomain=eprints&doi=10.1080%2F19472498.2014.969013&doi=10.1080%2F19472498.2014.969013&journalCode=rsac20|title=Discourses of caste over the longue durée: Gopīnātha and social classification in India, ca. 1400–1900|last=OHanlon|first=Rosalind|journal=South Asian History and Culture|publisher=Oxford University|year=2014|volume=6|page=102 to 129|doi=10.1080/19472498.2014.969013|quote="On the 18th of October 1779, an assembly of learned Brahman in Banaras despatched a lengthy Sanskrit letter of ..."}}</ref><ref name="MiltonWagle">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/religionsocietyi00isra/page/173/mode/1up|title=Religion and Society in Maharashtra|editor=Milton Israel and N.K.Wagle|publisher=Center for South Asian Studies, University of Toronto, Canada|year= 1987|page=173| quote= The Shankaracharya's letter contains three documents which he produces verbatim, two from Banares Brahmins(1779, 1801)..}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |section-url=https://archive.org/details/ethnographicalno00chanrich/page/n73/mode/1up |title=Ethnographical notes on Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu |last=Gupte |first=TV |year=1904 |page=8 |section=Appendix I.(page 7) Translation of the letter addressed by the Benaras Pandits to the Peshwa Darbar|quote="Kayasthas are said to be of three sorts (kinds)— (1) the Chitragupta Kayasthas (2) Dhalbhaga Gatri Kshatriya Kayasthas and (3) Kayasthas of the mixed blood. The origin of Chitraguptavanshi Kayasthas is given in the Puranas. He was born from the body of Brahma while he was contemplating how he should know the good and evil acts of living beings. He was a brilliant person with pen and ink in his hands. He was known as Chitragupta and was placed near the God of death. He was appointed to record the good and evil acts of men. He was a Brahmin possessed of supra sensible knowledge. He was a god sharing the offerings at sacrifices. All the Brahmins offer him oblations of rice before taking their meals. He is called Kayastha because of his origin from the body of Brahma. Many descendants of his bearing different Gotras still exist on this earth. From this it will be seen that Kayastha Brahmins of Karhada and Khandesha are the Brahma-Kayasthas. Now about the origin of Chandraseniya Kshatriya Kayastha.....(last line) In short the will of God is all powerful Sunday, 8th Day of the white half of the Ashvin month of the year 1701(saka)."}}</ref><ref name = "Novetzke">{{cite book| author = Christian Lee Noverzke|title = The Qutodian revolution : Vernacularization, Religion, and the Premodern Public Sphere in India, part 2| page = 159 | publisher = Columbia University Press | year =2016|quote=In the thirteenth century they might have been considered as equal to brahmin or simply within the Brahminic ecumene}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/lokashasakmahakalchitraguptatathachabrahmakayasthagaudbrahmanaahsanatandharmatrustgorakhpur|title=Loka Shasak Maha Kal Chitragupta Tatha Cha Brahma Kayastha Gaud Brahmana|last=Shukla|first=Indrajit|publisher=Sanatan Dharm Trust|year=2016|location=Gorakhpur|language=hi}}</ref>

The script used by the Kayasthas in medieval times is called [[Kaithi]] and is a descendant of the Gupta and Brahmi scripts.{{cn|date=November 2021}}


== Etymology ==
== Etymology ==

Revision as of 17:06, 7 November 2021

Srivastava (Hindi pronunciation: [ʃɾiːʋaːstəʋ]; Śrīvāstava), also spelled variously as Shrivastava, Shrivastav or Srivastav, is a common surname mainly found amongst the Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha community of upper caste Hindus[1][2][3][4] particularly in the Hindi-speaking regions of India.[5][6]

Origin

Srivastavas are one of the twelve sub-clans of the Chitraguptvanshi Kayasthas that were traditionally involved in record-keeping, administration and military services. The clan was influential during Ancient empires and Mughal empire in the Indian subcontinent, earning such titles as Pandit, Thakur and Lala.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Several Brahmin assemblies and Shankaracharya considered them to be Kayastha Brahmin [15][16][17][18][19]

Etymology

The title Śrīvāstava is the shortened form of Śrīvāstavya[20][21] and thus derived directly from the Sanskrit root words Sri (श्री) "God" and vás (वास्) "to dwell" by adding the primary suffix tavyat which denotes an agent and causes the lengthening of the radical vowel. While the word Sri is used in Sanskrit as honorific prefix to the names of deities [22] and vāstavya means "a resident, inhabitant";[23] thereby the whole meaning "in whom God dwells".

According to another explanation, the name "Srivastava" originates from "Srivastu/Suvastu", the former name of the Swat River, which is said to be the place of origin of this clan.[24]

Notable people with this name

Notable people named Srivastava (or its variations) include:

Notable Srivastavas who changed their name

References

  1. ^ Srivastava, Vinay Kumar (September 2016). "Speaking of Caste: Merit of the Principle of Segmentation". Sociological Bulletin. 65 (3): 317–338. doi:10.1177/0038022920160302. ISSN 0038-0229.
  2. ^ "Caste and the Power Elite in Allahabad". Economic and Political Weekly. 50 (6): 7–8. 2015-06-05.
  3. ^ Dec 19, Shibu Thomas / TNN /; 2009; Ist, 04:26. "woman: HC to decide woman's caste abuse case against husband | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-04-02. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Kayasth". Merriam Webster. Retrieved 28 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Lucy Carroll (1977). "Caste, Community and Caste(s) Association: A Note on the Organization of the Kayastha Conference and the Definition of a Kayastha Community". Contributions to Asian studies, Volume 10. Brill Archive. p. 3. ISBN 978-90-04-04926-0.
  6. ^ Hayden J. Bellenoit (17 February 2017). The Formation of the Colonial State in India: Scribes, Paper and Taxes, 1760–1860. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-134-49429-3.
  7. ^ Gupta, Chitrarekha (1996). The Kāyasthas: a study in the formation and early history of a caste. K.P. Bagchi & Co. p. 117. ISBN 9788170741565. This love and respect for knowledge were nothing special with the line of Jajuka. Rather, these were general features of the characters of the Sri-Vastavyas
  8. ^ SHAH, K.K. (1993). "Self Legitimation and Social Primacy: A Case Study of Some Kayastha Inscriptions From Central India". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 54: 860–861. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 44143088. Vastavya, therefore, will have to be taken as a sub-caste a few members of which rose to very high positions in the administrative hierarchy of the Chandella kingdom. Two families from this branch of the Kayasthas have left three inscriptions for us containing an account of the mythical origin as also genealogical tree in order to establish their high Brahminic credentials...It is also noteworthy that both Jajuka and Maheshvara have remarkable military achievements to their credit which could put them on par with the Kshatriyas.
  9. ^ Dikshit, R. K. (1976). The Candellas of Jejākabhukti. Abhinav Publications. pp. 71, 173–175, 190. ISBN 978-81-7017-046-4.
  10. ^ Mitra, Sisir Kumar (1977). The Early Rulers of Khajuraho (Second Revised ed.). Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 180. ISBN 978-81-208-1997-9.
  11. ^ Mazumdar, Bhakat Prasad (1960). "Castes and Professions". Socio-economic History of Northern India: (1030 - 1194 A.D.). Mukhopadhyay. pp. 101–103. Members of Vastavya community rose to very high positions. They enjoyed the feudatory status of Thakkura under the Gahadavala Kings under Govindachandra and Jayachandra, and the Chandela King Bhojavarman...It is possible that because of their services, the king raised them to a higher status...His brothers, Jaundhara and Maladhara were valiant warriors...The history of these two families show that the Vastavyas could become valiant soldiers.
  12. ^ Mazumdar, Bhakat Prasad (1960). Socio-economic History of Northern India: (1030 - 1194 A.D.). Mukhopadhyay. p. 100. Three inscriptions written by these Vastavya Kayasthas for the Gahadavala kings Govindachandra and Jayachandra and also the Sahet Mahet inscription dated 1276 VS/1219-29 A.D....Nana's ancestors were inhabitants of Kausamyapura or Kosam in the Allahabad district originally.
  13. ^ Sinha, Bindeshwari Prasad (2003). Kayasthas in making of modern Bihar. Impression Publication. p. 13. Banaras plate of Govinchandra refers to Vastavya Kayastha.
  14. ^ Niyogi, Roma (1959). The History of the Gāhaḍavāla Dynasty. Oriental Book Agency. p. 212. It also contains a statue of Vastavya-Kayastha Thakkura Sri-Ranapala (in a soldier's outfit) who appears to have built...
  15. ^ OHanlon, Rosalind (2014). "Discourses of caste over the longue durée: Gopīnātha and social classification in India, ca. 1400–1900". South Asian History and Culture. 6. Oxford University: 102 to 129. doi:10.1080/19472498.2014.969013. On the 18th of October 1779, an assembly of learned Brahman in Banaras despatched a lengthy Sanskrit letter of ...
  16. ^ Milton Israel and N.K.Wagle, ed. (1987). Religion and Society in Maharashtra. Center for South Asian Studies, University of Toronto, Canada. p. 173. The Shankaracharya's letter contains three documents which he produces verbatim, two from Banares Brahmins(1779, 1801)..
  17. ^ Gupte, TV (1904). "Appendix I.(page 7) Translation of the letter addressed by the Benaras Pandits to the Peshwa Darbar". Ethnographical notes on Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu. p. 8. Kayasthas are said to be of three sorts (kinds)— (1) the Chitragupta Kayasthas (2) Dhalbhaga Gatri Kshatriya Kayasthas and (3) Kayasthas of the mixed blood. The origin of Chitraguptavanshi Kayasthas is given in the Puranas. He was born from the body of Brahma while he was contemplating how he should know the good and evil acts of living beings. He was a brilliant person with pen and ink in his hands. He was known as Chitragupta and was placed near the God of death. He was appointed to record the good and evil acts of men. He was a Brahmin possessed of supra sensible knowledge. He was a god sharing the offerings at sacrifices. All the Brahmins offer him oblations of rice before taking their meals. He is called Kayastha because of his origin from the body of Brahma. Many descendants of his bearing different Gotras still exist on this earth. From this it will be seen that Kayastha Brahmins of Karhada and Khandesha are the Brahma-Kayasthas. Now about the origin of Chandraseniya Kshatriya Kayastha.....(last line) In short the will of God is all powerful Sunday, 8th Day of the white half of the Ashvin month of the year 1701(saka).
  18. ^ Christian Lee Noverzke (2016). The Qutodian revolution : Vernacularization, Religion, and the Premodern Public Sphere in India, part 2. Columbia University Press. p. 159. In the thirteenth century they might have been considered as equal to brahmin or simply within the Brahminic ecumene
  19. ^ Shukla, Indrajit (2016). Loka Shasak Maha Kal Chitragupta Tatha Cha Brahma Kayastha Gaud Brahmana (in Hindi). Gorakhpur: Sanatan Dharm Trust.
  20. ^ Bose, Mainak Kumar (1988). Late classical India. A. Mukherjee & Co.
  21. ^ Cunningham, Sir Alexander (1873). Report for the Year 1871-72. Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing.
  22. ^ Apte, Vaman Shivaram (1957–59). Revised and enlarged edition of Prin. V. S. Apte's The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary. Prasad Prakashan. p. 1575. The word श्री is often used as an honorific prefix to the names of deities and eminent persons; श्रीकृष्णः, श्रीरामः, श्रिवाल्मीकिः, श्रीजयदेवः; also celebrated works, generally of a sacred character; श्रीभागवत, श्रीरामायण)&c.; it is also used as an auspicious sign at the commencement of letters, manuscripts &c
  23. ^ Bhāratīya Vidyā. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. 1987.
  24. ^ S. S. Shashi, ed. (1996). Encyclopaedia Indica: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh: Volume 100. Anmol. p. 117. ISBN 978-81-7041-859-7.
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