Kashyap (caste)

Kashyap
LanguageHindi, English,Punjabi
Origin
Region of origin
Other names
Related namesMehra, Mahra, Mehra Rajput, Koshyal, Kanshilya, Koli

The Kashyap Rajput or Kashyap are a caste in India. They are sometimes called the Koshyal or Kanshilya.[1]

Community

Kashyap is originally one of the eight primary gotras (clans) of the Brahmins, being derived from Kashyapa, the name of a rishi (hermit) from whom the eponymous gotra Brahmins believe to have descended. The Brahmanical clan system was later emulated by people as an early example of the sanskritisation process.[2] In more recent times, the All-India Kashyap Rajput Mahasabha pressure group was established prior to the 1941 census of British India to lobby the census authorities to record the caste as Kashyap Rajput rather than by any other name.[3][4]

Bhagat Baba Kalu, a medieval era saint, is revered by the community in areas of Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh.[5][6]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ Singh (2012), p. 200
  2. ^ Singh (2012), p. 199
  3. ^ Maheshwari (1996), pp. 109–110
  4. ^ Excelsior, Daily (12 April 2026). "Kashyap Rajput Sabha Udhampur team visits Jammu headquarters". Daily Excelsior. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  5. ^ Rose, H. A. (1911). Glossary of the tribes and castes of the Punjab and North-West frontier province vol.2. p. 385.
  6. ^ "महर्षि कश्यप कालू बाबा की जयंती पर निकाली शोभायात्रा" [Procession taken out on the birth anniversary of Maharishi Kashyap Kalu Baba]. Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 April 2026.

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