Sanadhya Brahmin (also spelled as Sanadh , Sanah , Sanidya or Sandhya) is an endogamous sub-caste of Brahmins. Their main concentration is in western Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh area of India. The Hindi poet Keshabdasa Mishra was a Sanadhya, and praised his community in his book "Ramchandra Chandrika". Though an endogamous community but in some cases they intermarry with Gaurs.
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- Saraswati, Baidyanath (1977). Brahmanic Ritual Traditions in the Crucible of Time. Indian institute of Advanced Study. ISBN 9780896844780.
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- ^ Keshavdas (1990). Rasikapriya of Keshavadasa. Trans. Bahadur, K. P. Motilal Banarsidass. p. xxxv. ISBN 978-8-12080-734-1.
- People of India: Uttar Pradesh. Anthropological Survey of India. 2005. ISBN 978-81-7304-114-3.
- Zaidi, Hussain (28 October 2019). The Class of 83: The Punishers of Mumbai Police. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5305-661-2.
- "Totaram Sanadhya, an Indian in Fiji: A life defined by the indentured labour system and the fight against it". Firstpost. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2023.