Chaube Brahmins are a group of Brahmins found in Northern India. In the Braj region, they serve as pilgrimage priests. They are also notable for their wrestling culture and masti way of life. The Hindi term caube is inherited from the Sanskrit caturvēda ("containing the 4 Vedas").
References
- Entwistle, A.W. (1987). Braj: Centre of Krishna Pilgrimage. Egbert Forsten. p. 7.
- Lynch, Owen M. (1990). "The Mastram Emotion and Person Among Mathura's Chaubes". Divine Passions: The Social Construction of Emotion in India. University of California Press.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1962–1966). A comparative dictionary of Indo-Aryan languages. Oxford University Press. p. 251.