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'''Bengali Kayastha''' is a ] or community of ]s in ], and a sub-caste of the ] caste in ]. |
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'''Bengali Kayastha''' is a ] or community of ]s in ], and a sub-caste of the ] caste in ]. |
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'''Bengali Kaysathas''' are regarded as the highest Hindu castes along with ] and ]s in the caste system of Bengal,<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=http://books.google.com/books?id=P8b9A7J_v-UC&pg=PA133|accessdate=2011-10-31|year=1976|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-02569-1|page=1}}</ref><ref name="CasteCulture&Hegemony">>{{cite book|first=Sekhar |last=Bandyopadhyay|title=Caste, Culture, and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal|url=http://books.google.co.in/books?id=rlgcrSezHT4C&q=Kayastha#v=snippet&q=Kayastha&f=false|year=2004|publisher=Sage Publications|isbn=81-7829-316-1|page=20}}</ref> that comprise the "upper layer of Hindu society".<ref>{{cite book|first=Jogendra Nath |last=Bhattacharya |authorlink=Jogendra Nath Bhattacharya |title=Hindu Castes and Sects|url=http://www.archive.org/details/hinducastesands00bhatgoog|accessdate=2011-10-31|year=1896|publisher=Thacker, Spink & Co. |location=Calcutta|page=175}}</ref>. Bengali Kayasthas form a considerable part of the population in the Indian states of ], ], ] and in the country of ]. |
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'''Bengali Kaysathas''' are regarded as the highest Hindu castes along with ] and ]s in the caste system of Bengal,<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=http://books.google.com/books?id=P8b9A7J_v-UC&pg=PA133|accessdate=2011-10-31|year=1976|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-02569-1|page=1}}</ref><ref name="CasteCulture&Hegemony">>{{cite book|first=Sekhar |last=Bandyopadhyay|title=Caste, Culture, and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal|url=http://books.google.co.in/books?id=rlgcrSezHT4C&q=Kayastha#v=snippet&q=Kayastha&f=false|year=2004|publisher=Sage Publications|isbn=81-7829-316-1|page=20}}</ref> that comprise the "upper layer of Hindu society".<ref>{{cite book|first=Jogendra Nath |last=Bhattacharya |authorlink=Jogendra Nath Bhattacharya |title=Hindu Castes and Sects|url=http://www.archive.org/details/hinducastesands00bhatgoog|accessdate=2011-10-31|year=1896|publisher=Thacker, Spink & Co. |location=Calcutta|page=175}}</ref> Bengali Kayasthas form a considerable part of the population in the Indian states of ], ], ] and in the country of ]. |
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Common Kayastha surnames are - Basu/Bose, Ghosh, Mitra, Guha, Sen, Singh/Sinha, Dutta, Dey/Dev, Das/Dass, Kar, Dhar, Chanda/Chandra, Nag, Nandi, Palit, etc. |
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Common Kayastha surnames are - Basu/Bose, Ghosh, Mitra, Guha, Sen, Sinha, Dutta/Datta, Pal/Paul, Dey/Dev, Das/Dass, Kar, Dhar, Chanda/Chandra, Nag, Nandi, Palit, etc. |
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Kayasthas also receive honorific titles during the erstwhile ] & British period. Common honorific titles are -Majumdar, Sarkar, Roy, Bakhshi, Chaudhry, Dastidar, Pal/Paul, Munshi, Biswas, Mondal/Mandal, Sikder, Halder, Malik/Mulik, Burman, Samaddar, Tarafder, Tapader, etc. |
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Kayasthas also receive honorific titles during the erstwhile ] & British period. Common honorific titles are -Majumdar, Sarkar, Roy, Bakhshi, Chaudhury, Dastidar, Munshi, Biswas, Mondal/Mandal, Sikder, Halder, Malik/Mulik, Burman, Samaddar, Tarafder, Tapader, etc. |
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Compounded Kayastha surnames include: |
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Compounded Kayastha surnames include: |
Common Kayastha surnames are - Basu/Bose, Ghosh, Mitra, Guha, Sen, Sinha, Dutta/Datta, Pal/Paul, Dey/Dev, Das/Dass, Kar, Dhar, Chanda/Chandra, Nag, Nandi, Palit, etc.
