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| {{About|a Hindu community| the Hindu deity |Vishvakarman}} | |||
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| '''Vishwakarma''' (also known as '''Vishwabrahmin''' / '''Dhiman Brahmins''' / '''Jangid Brahmins''') describes a ] ] of India who claim to be descendants of ]. They are a caste of priests, engineers, architects, sculptors, temple builders and artists. The term is applied to five sub-castes; blacksmiths, carpenters, coppersmiths, goldsmiths and sculptors. | |||
| ==Gotras== | |||
| Vishwakarma ] are divided into five ]s (or clans); each ]'s name is mentioned in the '']'' (4.3.3).<ref name=Rangasami>{{cite book |last=Kashyap|first=Rangasami Laksminarayana |authorlink=Rangasami L. Kashyap |year=2003 |title=Kr̥ṣṇayajurvedīya Taittirīya-saṃhitā |accessdate=July 30, 2012 |isbn=8179940055}}</ref> | |||
| * Sanaga | |||
| * Sanatana | |||
| * Abhuvana | |||
| * Pratanasa | |||
| * Suparna<ref name=Rangasami/> | |||
| ==Subdivisions== | |||
| The caste consists of five sub-castes: carpenters, blacksmiths, brass smiths, and goldsmiths.<ref name="Ramaswamy2007">{{cite book|last=Ramaswamy|first=Vijaya|title=Historical dictionary of the Tamils|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=H4q0DHGMcjEC&pg=PA107|accessdate=16 January 2012|year=2007|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-5379-9|pages=107–108}}</ref> | |||
| ===Kerala=== | |||
| In ], the Vishwakarma community is also known as Achary, Kammalar, or Viswa Brahmanar. They exist in Tamil in two communities: one Tamil (primarily in ]), one Malayali.<ref name="Iyer1968">{{cite book|last=Iyer|first=L. A. Krishna|title=Social history of Kerala|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=UU5DAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=16 January 2012|year=1968|publisher=Book Centre|page=6|quote=The Kammalars are divided into two classes, the Tamil Kammalar and the Malayali Kammalar.}}</ref> | |||
| ===TamilNadu=== | |||
| In ], Tamil achari or asari are known as 'Tamil Kammalars' They were goldsmith, and landlords.<ref name="Ramaswamy2007"/> | |||
| ===Karnataka=== | |||
| The Vishwakarma caste of south ], who is composed of several sub-castes.<ref name="gold">{{Cite book|last=Heesterman|first=J. C.|coauthors=A. W. van den Hoek, D. H. A. Kolff|others=M. S. Oort|title=Ritual, state, and history in South Asia: essays in honour of J.C. Heesterman |pages=442–455|chapter=Goldsmiths of Karnataka}}</ref> | |||
| * Kulachars/ aachar | |||
| *Shiv achars/acharya | |||
| *Uttaradi goldsmiths | |||
| *Matachar founders | |||
| *Muddekammaras | |||
| *Doddamanes<ref name="gold" /> | |||
| *Chikkamanes | |||
| Most of these sub-castes do not intermarry and have a hierarchy among themselves.<ref name="gold" /> All the above sub caste is varied according to various regions of Karnataka. All the sub-castes worships the goddess ], they are very similar to ]s in their ritual practices but few of them are non-vegetarians.<ref name="gold" /> | |||
| === North India === | |||
| In ], the Vishwakarmas are also known as Vishwbrahmin.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Kumar Suresh|coauthors=B. K. Lavanta|others=Dipak Kumar Samanta, Sushil Kumar Mandal, N. N. Vyas,|title=Rajasthan, |publisher= Anthropological Survey of India|volume=Volume 2 |pages=201}}</ref> | |||
| ==Diet== | |||
| Vishwakarmas in southern India,<ref>"Vishwakarmas of the south are strict vegetarians." Metalcraftsmen of India, Meera Mukherjee, Issue 44 of Memoir (Anthropological Survey of India)</ref>{{full|date=November 2012}} and Madhya Pradesh<ref>"They are popularly known as the descendants of Vishwakarma, the original sculptor and stone carver to whom all sculptors and carvers trace their origins. They are strict vegetarians and practise complete abstinence from liquor." Tribal arts and crafts of Madhya Pradesh, Authors Aashi Manohar, Shampa Shah, ISBN 0944142710, 9780944142714, pp 29</ref> follow a strict ] diet. | |||
| ==Notables== | |||
| ] - As per Shankar Vijaya, Shankara Sang "I am a decendent of Twashter, ... I am a Brahmin of the Vishwakarma Caste".<ref>{{cite book | |||
| | authors = Andhra Historical Research Society, Rajahmundry, Madras, Andhra Historical Research Society | |||
| | title = Journal of the Andhra Historical Society, Volumes 14-17\ | |||
| | publisher = Andhra Historical Research Society., 1953 | |||
| | page=161 | |||
| }} | |||
| </ref> | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| ==Further reading== | |||
| *{{cite journal |title=Globalisation Traumas and New Social Imaginary: Visvakarma Community of Kerala |author=George Varghese K.|journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=38 |issue=45 |date=8-14 November 2003 |pages=4794-4802 |publisher=Economic and Political Weekly |jstor=4414253}} | |||
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