Gokhale

Gokhale

Gokhale is an Indian surname typically found in the western state of Maharashtra. It is a Hindu surname found among the caste of Chitpavan kokanastha Brahmins,The term "Konkanastha" means "from the Konkan", referring to the coastal Konkan region of Maharashtra. The origin of the Gokhale clan supposedly was in the small coastal town of Velneshwar (10km from Guhagar, 50km from Chiplun) in Konkan.

The etymology of the word is accepted to be from Marathi "gokhla", meaning "round window", originally from Sanskrit "gavākşa". ("Gavākşa" can be rendered: "go" "cow" + "akşa" "eye"), literally "cow-eye", but also used as a synonym for a window.

Some famous Gokhales are nationalist leader Gopal Krishna Gokhale, students Nye, Nick and Salil Gokhale, actors Vikram Gokhale and Mohan Gokhale, and poet Chandrashekhar Gokhale.

Other Typical Chitpavan Surnames

These include Ranade, Tilak, Bhat, Ketkar, Paranjape, Karve, Chitale, Joshi and Tamhankar.

ee also

* Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune

External links

* [http://www.gokhale.com www.gokhale.com]


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