- Saryupareen Brahmin
Saryupareen Brahmins also known as Sarvarya Brahmins are
North Indian Brahmin s who reside on the eastern plain of theSaryu River . [citebook|title=India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India|author=Christophe Jaffrelot|year=2003|publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers|id=ISBN 1850653984] These Brahmins are divided into three categories — Paitiha also known as Pankti Paavan meaning who sat in a row, Jatiha that is Jaati kul also known as Gangaparin and Tutiha that is Truti kul. The Paitihas are classified into 3 plus 13 homes. The home of 3 consists of disciples of three "gotra s": Garga, Gautam, and Shandilya; the Garga "rishi " and his disciples were the first to study "Yajurveda " in their "ashram s". After that, Gautam "rishi" and Shandilya "rishi" also started to study "Yajurveda" and "Samveda " in their "ashrams". The home of 3 is the most highly regarded amongst Saryupareen Brahmins. 13 other "rishis" learnt these and other branches of theHindu "vedas " in their "ashrams"; and they are known as the home of 13. Similarly, Gangaparin are classified into Vashishtha, Krishnatreya, Kashyap and Bharadwaj gotras and the classification of Tutihas are Parashar, Vashishtha, Upmanyu, Sankriti, Agastya, Kaushik, etc. The family tree of Saryupareen Brahmins consists of ten branches Shukul, Mishra, Ojha, Dikshit, Dwivedi or Dubey, Pathak, Tripathi or Tiwari, Pandey, Chaturvedi and Upadhyay. The main gotra of Saryupareen Brahmins are 26. Out of these (1) three gotra i.e. 1.Garg, 2.Gautam, 3.Sandilya, (2) Das (ten) 1. Kaundilya, 2. Vashistha, 3. Udbahu, 4. Upmanyu, 5. Maunas, 6. Karna, 7. Vartatt, 8. Bhrigu, 9. Agastya, 10. Kaumasya and Terah i.e. 1. Parashar, 2. Galav, 3. Kasyap, 4. Kaushik, 5. Bhargav, 6. Savarnaya, 7. Atri, 8. Katyayan, 9. Angira, 10. Vatsa, 11. Shankritya, 12. Jamdagni, 13. Punah. Other than above three gotras 1. Krishanatri, 2. Ghritkausik, 3. Margeya are called mishrit (combined) gotra. However, written proof for 261 gotras are found in Vansavali compiled by Ahitagni Shri Yamuna Prasad Ram Tripathi Chaturmasyaji from where the above have been referred.See also
*
Brahmins
*Forward Castes References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.