2nd February 2013

BENGALI SURNAMES and TITLES with ORIGINS

The surnames or titles have originated from clan names, village or place names, group names, occupation etc. It
is from folk to modernity. The examples are following.
Barujjye (original) -- to -- Banerjee (anglicized)
Bandoghati (original) to Bandopadhay (sanskritized) to Banerjee
Mukhoti (original) to Mukhopadhay (sanskritized) to Mukherjee (anglicized)
Gangal (original) to Gangopadhay (sanskritized) to Ganguly (anglicized)
Chatto/ Chattoraj/ Chattokhandi (original) to Chattopadhay (sanskritized) to Chatterjee (anglicized)
Bhatto/ Bhat (original) to Bhattacharya (sanskritized)
Explanation-1. Shandilya clan (gotra) had three varieties- Barujjye, Batabyal and Bandoghati. Banerjee
(anglicized) has distinctly come from Barujjye (like Banaras came from the Baranasi). Bandoghati (original)
became Bandopadhyay (sanskritized). Later they also started using Banerjee in English. However Batabyal
remained and continued the same.
2. Gangal (original) became Gangopadhyay (sanskritized) then Ganguly (anglicized). Some say why
Gangopadhyay is not Gangerjee like Benerjee or Mukherjee. It is because symmetry was drawn from Gangal
(original).
Title/ Occupation
Goshthipoti (sanskrit) Goshthipal/ Goshthopal (apabhramsa) Ghoshal (bengali)
Goshtho (sanskrit) Ghosh (bengali). They are milkmen. The cows graze in group. Goru ra goshthi badwa bhabe
ghore. Tar theke goru ke bole goshtho ba go. Ta theke goshtho ba ghosh padobir utpotti.
There are 4 kinds of Goyala or milkmen caste, as Ghosh, Gop, Sadgop and Yadav. There may be several castes
in the same occupation. Example is Tili and Teli. They are different caste but in same occupation.
The surname Mondol has come from Morol or village headman. Mondal is not alawys lower caste.
2. Dom caste is not Deadbody Carrier.
The Dom caste is wrongly identified as Deadbody Carrier in WB. Dom caste is originaly bamboo worker. They
make dol/ dali/ dhama/ dhol/ etc from bamboo. The term, Dom has come from dol or dhol or dhama. But they are
wrongly identified as Deadbody Carrier. It is due to ocupational mobility downwards. Still the people carrying
deadbody in the Hospitals and Police Stations should not be called Dom. Let us call them Shob Bahok (in
Bengali) or Deadbody Carrier and not the Dom. In the same way the word Prostitute is now substituted by Sex
Worker.

3. The origin of Rarhi Brahman-
Some mistakenly think that the term Rarhi is derived from Rarh region of western Bengal. But that Rarh is
derived from Ruksha (dry). It is a modern geographic term while Rarhi is a traditional term.
The term Rarhi (shreni) is derived from Gaudiya (shreni). Gaud (Malda) was a place of Sanskrit studies later
shifting to Nabadwip. Hussain Shah was also a patron of Gaudiya pundits and invited Rup, Sanatan and Srijiv
Goswami in his royal court.
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The Gaudiya pundits established a distinct philosophy and rituals in Bengal. Many followed the path of Gaudiya
pundits and came to be known as the Gaudiya shreni Brahmans and later Rarhi Brahmans (Gaudiya = Rarhi) by
alternative accent. The sect established by Sri Chaitanya Dev is called the Gaudiya Vaishnavism and he is
often called the Gaud. Some denied the newly originated path of the Gaudiya pundits and claimed to be follower
of original Varanasi pundits later known as Vaidik shreni. Later the term Rarhi became popular to distinguish from
the Barendra Brahmans. It is to note that Barendras are homogenous but Rarhis are heterogenous. The Rarhi
Brahmans (not all) are presumed to have migrated and come from north India. It is from the Ananda Bazar
matrimonial advertisement that the term Rarhi became popular forgetting its origin from Gaudiya. Rarhi
Gaurhiya Gaurh-- Rarh
4. The origin of Barendra Brahman-
Barendras are known as the Brahmans of the Five (later Seven) ancient villages (5 Gramer Bamun) of Bengal.
First they developed and spread in Five (5) ancient villages (Adi Janapad) of Bengal along lower Ganges and
later on extended to 7 villages. The term Barendra has come from the king (landlord) Birendra of Pabna. Some
say that Birendra was one of the 12 great landlords of Bengal (Baro Bhuniya). Birendra hailed in the Pabna
district of North Bengal. He was patron of his own community and encouraged their migration from the Five
ancient villages (lower Ganges) to his territory (Pabna). The migrants continued their village names to distinguish
among themselves. The village names later became their surnames. The Barendras use Five (5) different
surnames associated with original villages. These are.
1. Bagchi from Bagcha village presently located near Barrackpur of 24 Parganas
2. Bhaduri from Bhadur village presently located near Bangaon of 24 Parganas
3. Lahiri from Lohori village presently located near Jessore district of Bangladesh
4. Moitra from Mohit village - mohitra then- moitra presently unknown
5. Sanyal from Sen Lal village senlal then-sanyal
The 5 ancient (later 7) villages can still be traced along lower Ganges in Hoogly and 24 Parganas districts. One
is Adi Saptagram on Ganga in Hoogly district. Bhadur village is presently located near Bangaon of 24 Parganas.
Bagcha village is presently located near Barrackpur of 24 Parganas. Barendras are indigenous Brahmans of
Bengal while the Rarhis have come from outside, north India. Both are different in physical structure.
(Senlal was a landlord. The village was named or called after him. This tradition is found in many other cases.
Bogura, a district of Bangladesh is from Bogra Saheb, commander of Hussain Shah and also Mymen Singh, a
commander under Ruknuddin Shah)
5. KAYASTHO COMPLEX in WB- It is viewed that caste consciousness is growing. In the Ananda Bazar
Patrika, (WB) matrimonial column on Sunday many claim to be Kulin Kayasta. Even like Brahmans some claim to
be Barendra Kayasta and Rarhi Kayasta besides being Kulin Kayasta. This is ridiculous. Traditionally these
identities are used only by the Brahmans. The Kulin or Rarhi or Barendra classifications are only for the
Brahmans. The Kayasthas cannot use these terms, since they are not part of such traditional classification. The
Kayasthas are also part of Shudra category.
Earlier the surnames like Basu/ Chanda/ Deb/ Chaki were textile weavers (Tanti). Mitra were Carpenter
(Chhutor). Ghosh were Milkmen (Goyala). By origin Kayasthas are heterogeneous but trying to form
homogeneity.
Recently the Kayasthas have shortened the period of untouchability after death (ashuch) from 30 days to 13
days. First one or two influential families started this shortened period then followed by others. This is also a
way of getting into higher caste. Example- Jyoti Basus shraddha was observed on 11 day like Brahmans without
reasonable explanation, published in the Dainik Stastesman newspaper.
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But the greatest deficiency of the Kayasthas claiming as upper caste is that they have no recognition in the
Varnashrama, or the traditional caste hierarchy. They are neither Brahman, nor Kshatriya nor Vaishya and
therefore to be classified as Shudra.
Following are some other related information like origin of surnames etc.
6. Jati: Bhondami- Jano kichu manush emon kotha bole ja protest na kore para jay na. Jeman Baidya ra azkaal
Baidik Brahman dabi korche. Ora nije nije Brhman sejeche. mukhe mukhe prochar kore dichche. Baidya ra khub
chalak. Brahman der sathe biye korar chesta kore. Ora tole tole Brahman sajar chesta korche. Asole Baidya ra
semi-Dravirian group, ora 70 percent kalo. Ora Brahman dabi korte pare na. Karon brhman ra farsa ba fair
complexion. Baidya ra Brahman der sathe assimilate kore jete chay. Asun amra Jat-pat vedaved vle jai o sob
ku-sanskar.
7. Etimology of Varnashram- The term Varnashram has come from Sanskrit (Varna+Ashram). Varna means to
accept (varon kora) and Ashram means monastic home or shelter. When one accepts monastic home or shelter
is Varnashram.
Posted 2nd February 2013 by rahul sarkar

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kiran 8 June 2013 23:02
wonderful information, I had come to know about your blog from my friend nandu , hyderabad,i have read all
posts of yours by now, and let me tell you, your website gives the best and the most interesting information.
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Prabhat Ranjan 12 September 2013 06:55
please tell me what caste do bengali pals belong to....?
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Miss Perfect 13 December 2013 00:05
Well its easy figure out there cast is (Rice) lol
Unknown 27 May 2014 17:36
sadgop caste or bengali yadavs are pal
Roy 19 January 2014 11:29
Nice information,but there is no mention about 'Roy'' surname how did it come from.
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Anshuman Sinha 26 January 2014 03:28
This is complete nonsense...do atleast some research before you write such stuff...DUDE YOU ARE MOST
IGNORANT ABOUT WHAT YOU CLAIM TO BE AN EXPERT IN!!
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amitava deb 29 January 2014 11:31
deb are real kshtriya,,,,,,,,,,,,i think
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raj bose 13 February 2014 07:52
All document in this blog are all wrong .plz dont misguide to all readers.if the reader wants to get information
then go to wiki.
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Bhahmo Sarkar 11 March 2014 09:48
there used to be a clan of people whom the brahmins used to fuck all day and night... after getting tired of
fucking these clan of people, the brahmins gave them special honarary titles, that's how the sarkar
community came into picture.
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Rabindranath Tagore 24 April 2014 12:04
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ANIRUDDHA MAITRA 10 May 2014 20:09
Publish the references from where u have got this stuffs ....... cos I think u r mis-guiding the ordinary people.
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Unknown 27 May 2014 17:37
no one is being misguided over here, you need to brush up on your history you arrogant egoist
dumbhead
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