[citation needed], The traditional origin of both Radhi and Varendra Brahmins has been attributed to a king named Adi Sura who is said to have invited five Brahmins from Kolancha (as per Edu Mishra and Hari Mishra[3]) and/or from Kanyakubja,[citation needed] (as per Dhruvananda Mishra) so that he could conduct a yajña, because he could not find Vedic experts locally. Is there a bigger agenda behind drug probe against Bollywood stars? Parenthetically, Amartya Sen, more admired than read or understood by Bengalis, is also Vaidya. Ray has a few interesting things to say about caste in Bengal.

[18], In other cases, the surname may be a variant of the surname Wray,[19] a variant of Wroe,[20] derived from the Middle English wroe (Old Scandinavian vrá), meaning "nook, corner of land". [5], Traditionally it is believed that during his reign, Vijaya Sena (1097 − 1160 C.E), brought Brahmins from regions south of Bengal (most likely, Odisha), who integrated themselves with the varendra brahmins and came to be known as Dakshinatya vaidika barahmins. Soon enough, it fractured into many groups: after Partition, Namoshudras crossed the border and were warmly received by Congress and Left regimes as captive vote banks. Nobody saw caste as a factor in the electoral politics of Bengal — till 2011. This page was last edited on 27 September 2020, at 10:16. [citation needed], Traditionally, Bengali Brahmins are divided into the following categories:[2][full citation needed], The different Brahmin communities of Bengal have their own traditional accounts of origin, which are generally found in various genealogical texts known as kulagranthas or kulapanjikas. Please turn it OFF in order to continue. To them, the ideas of Ram Manohar Lohia, who saw politics through the lens of caste, were irrelevant. Two, the tale about Bengali Brahmins being descendants of Kannauj is rubbish.
[1], The earliest historically verifiable presence of Brahmins in Bengal can be ascertained from Dhanaidaha copper-plate inscription of Kumargupta 1 of the Gupta Year 113 (433 C.E.) The author didn\'t do any research excepting spouting drivels.

Land of Pishachas According to contemporary legend, Boroma can swing votes in 74 of Bengal’s 294 assembly seats. Important writers are Harimishra (13th century C.E), Edu Mishra (13th century C.E), Devivara Ghatak (15th century C.E), Dhruvananda Mishra (post 15th century C.E), Vachaspati Mishra, Rajendralal Mitra among others. Abheek Barman is Consulting Editor, ET Now. DISCLAIMER : Views expressed above are the author's own. An Introduction to the Study of Indian History, by Damodar Dharmanand Kosāmbi, Popular Prakasan,35c Tadeo Road, Popular Press Building, Bombay-400034, First Edition: 1956, Revised Second Edition: 1975.

Moments later, people started trolling me for opposing her. [17] Early examples of forms of the surname Rye include: William de Rye, in 1240 (Essex); Ralph de Rye, in 1248 (Essex); and Ralph de la Reye, in 1279 (Oxfordshire). To get some idea, we have to turn to Niharranjan Ray’s magisterial History of the Bengali People, originally published in Bangla in 1949, later translated into English by John Hood. In some cases it originate from a nickname, derived from the Old French rei, roy, meaning "king",[1] which was sometimes also used as a personal name. The descendants of these five Pancyājñika Brahmins were hierarchically organised into three categories: Jāti-Bhāṣkar mentions that those who were given grants along the Ganges by Ballāl Sena were called Gangopādhyāya (literally 'the Vedic teachers in the regions around the Ganges'). Class mattered, not caste. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ray_(surname)&oldid=959634622, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 6] (born 6gyyy1964), American singer-songwriter, member of the Indigo Girls, Frank Edward "Ed" Ray (1921–2012), American bus driver who saved a group of students during the 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping, This page was last edited on 29 May 2020, at 20:04. [4] However some scholars have identified Ādiśūra with Jayanta, a vassal chief of the Gauda king around middle of 8th century C.E. The Kulinas formed the higher ranking clans. One, the Aryan caste Hindu system did not travel to Bengal till very late, probably around the 13th century. [15], In other cases, the surname is a variant of Rye.

It was a powerful — and destructive — belief. The entire story relies on the socalled influence of the Matua Mahasabha. The people of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh were not spared, either. The Scheduled Caste Movement in West Bengal after Partition Sekhar Bandyopadhyay & Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury ∗ Introduction It is widely known that organised Scheduled Caste movements are not that powerful in West Bengal as they are in some other provinces of India. Weekly.

Sir, I am not commenting on your analysis but your knowledge of the castes is wrong.

Her organisation, called Matua Mahasabha, is reckoned to have seven million followers. Basu are upper caste kayasthas and not vaidyas.

One, it is the only Puranic text that allows Bengali Brahmins to eat fish and meat. None of this explains why east of Jharkhand there is no caste-based political party. Behind this victory, called “Poribartan”, or change in Bangla, was the supposed influence of ‘Boroma’ (elder mother). Hence Didi’s ritual obeisance to Boroma.

But Ballāl Sena and his predecessors ruled over both Bengal and Mithila (i.e., North Bihar).

Our society was foreign — alien — to the Aryan writers of the Puranas. The only thing that links these people together is caste: Thakur, Mandal and Boroma are Namoshudras, Dalits in Bengal. Roy or Rai or Ray is gifted title that is same as everywhere else in India. ‘intermediate’ castes. That was the year when Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress (TMC) party swept to power beating a 34-year-old Left regime. At least half-a-dozen learned papers have been written on the subject, in respected journals like The Economic and Political Generally speaking a title meaning Zamindar or owner of quite a big portion of land. Copyright © 2020 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved.

The Bengali Brahmins are categorised So, yes, Aryan caste structures did not — and do not — form the basis of Bengal politics. Probably that is why communist politicians like Promode Dasgupta, Hare Krishna Konar and Benoy Choudhury — whose original politics was based on so-called ‘terrorist’ societies like Jugantar or Anushilan Samaj — ignored or spurned the idea of caste. Little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

[citation needed], Traditionally they are believed to have migrated from Kanyakubja (or Kanauj), the traditional origin of both Radhi and Varendra Brahmins, to Bengal during the commencement of Muslim rule in India. It should take credit for them instead, Liberating Indian farmers: They have always had our sympathy.

Two, it has a 36-fold classification of sub-Brahmin castes that does not exist anywhere else in India. Hence also a ritual debate, from 2012, one year after TMC’s rout of the Left, about the relevance of caste in Bengal politics. [citation needed]. In other cases, the surname is of Ashkenazic Jewish origin. [2] This nickname may have denoted a person's pride or swagger,[3] someone's appearance,[4] or regal behavior or bearing,[5] or may have referred to achievement in a contest,[5] royal service,[4] or may have denoted someone who presided over certain festive celebrations.
Four, according to the Aitareya Aranyaka — and other assorted Puranas — everything and everyone east of Bihar was definitely a monster (pishacha) or rogue or non-human or criminal (papi). We are our own devils, left to our terrible impulses. In some cases it originate from a nickname, derived from the Old French rei, roy, meaning "king", which was sometimes also used as a personal name. [citation needed], Historians have located a ruler named Ādiśūra ruling in north Bihar, but not in Bengal[citation needed]. Three, Ray says that Hindu genealogical tales drawn up and glorified during Muslim rule in Bengal are, well, rubbish. There are no caste-based parties here. But that does not mean that caste has disappeared from Mukhopādhyāya means chief Vedic teacher. [6] Early examples of forms of this surname include: William Lerei, in 1195 (Norfolk); Robert Raie, in 1206 (Cambridgeshire); and Thomas filius Rey, in 1296 (Cambridgeshire). As Niharranjan Ray says it, by the time Aryans reached Bengal, they were probably exhausted and out of steam. which records the grant of land to a Brahmin named Varahasvamin of the Samavedi school. Other texts like Varendrakulapanjika, Vachaspati Mishra's account and Edu Mishra's account attribute a date of 732 C.E for the migration.