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'''Kulinism''' (]: কৌলিন্য) or ''Kulin Pratha'' is a custom that was introduced by Raja ] of Bengal. Kulin groups could be found among the castes of ], ] and ].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Karlekar|first=Malavika|date=2007-01-01|title=Autobiography as Social Commentary: A Reading of Nistarini Debi's Sekeley Katha|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/12259276.2007.11666019|journal=Asian Journal of Women's Studies|volume=13|issue=1|pages=7–31|doi=10.1080/12259276.2007.11666019|s2cid=164413004 |issn=1225-9276}}</ref> It created a separate highly privileged category among these upper castes.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sengupta |first=Nitish |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TI8GQioaoL4C |title=Land of Two Rivers: A History of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib |date=2011-07-19 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-81-8475-530-5 |language=en}}</ref> The name derives from the Sanskrit word कुलीन (kulina). According to Kulinism, a few families in different castes were considered noble or superior to other families in the same caste. Kulinism (higher social status) refers to marriage of a ''kulina'' girl to a man in the same class as well as marriage to one in a higher class.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bhaumik |first1=Manotosh Chandra |title=Kulinism in Bengal |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/159071 |journal=University |year=1986 |publisher=University of Calcutta |hdl=10603/159071 |accessdate=11 May 2020}}</ref> It essentially asserts that a ''kulina'' woman must not have her status lowered by marrying into a group of lower rank. One's ''Kulin'' status remains valid for 36-years according to the rules stated by Ballala Sena.<ref name="bpedia">{{cite book|last=Misra|first=Chitta Ranjan|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh|publisher=]|year=2012|editor1-last=Islam|editor1-first=Sirajul|editor1-link=Sirajul Islam|edition=Second|chapter=Vallalasena|editor2-last=Jamal|editor2-first=Ahmed A.|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Vallalasena}}</ref> |
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'''Kulinism''' (]: কৌলিন্য) or ''Kulin Pratha'' is a custom that was introduced by Raja ] of Bengal. According to some, Kulin groups could be found among the castes of ], ] and ],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Karlekar|first=Malavika|date=2007-01-01|title=Autobiography as Social Commentary: A Reading of Nistarini Debi's Sekeley Katha|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/12259276.2007.11666019|journal=Asian Journal of Women's Studies|volume=13|issue=1|pages=7–31|doi=10.1080/12259276.2007.11666019|s2cid=164413004 |issn=1225-9276}}</ref> though historian ] clearly mentions that Kulinism and 'Kulina worship' existed only among the Bengali Brahmins and Kayasthas.<ref name=Inden1976p1>{{cite book|first=Ronald B. |last=Inden|title=Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture: A History of Caste and Clan in Middle Period Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P8b9A7J_v-UC&pg=PA1|accessdate=2011-10-31|year=1976|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-02569-1|page=1}}</ref> It created a separate highly privileged category among these upper castes.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sengupta |first=Nitish |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TI8GQioaoL4C |title=Land of Two Rivers: A History of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib |date=2011-07-19 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-81-8475-530-5 |language=en}}</ref> The name derives from the Sanskrit word कुलीन (kulina). According to Kulinism, a few families in different castes were considered noble or superior to other families in the same caste. Kulinism (higher social status) refers to marriage of a ''kulina'' girl to a man in the same class as well as marriage to one in a higher class.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bhaumik |first1=Manotosh Chandra |title=Kulinism in Bengal |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/159071 |journal=University |year=1986 |publisher=University of Calcutta |hdl=10603/159071 |accessdate=11 May 2020}}</ref> It essentially asserts that a ''kulina'' woman must not have her status lowered by marrying into a group of lower rank. One's ''Kulin'' status remains valid for 36-years according to the rules stated by Ballala Sena.<ref name="bpedia">{{cite book|last=Misra|first=Chitta Ranjan|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh|publisher=]|year=2012|editor1-last=Islam|editor1-first=Sirajul|editor1-link=Sirajul Islam|edition=Second|chapter=Vallalasena|editor2-last=Jamal|editor2-first=Ahmed A.|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Vallalasena}}</ref> |
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