Ashtasahasram

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Ashtasahasram
Regions with significant populations
Tamil Nadu
Languages
Brahmin Tamil
Religion
Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
Iyer, Tamil people

Ashtasahasram is a sub-sect of the Iyer community of Tamil Brahmins from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Culture

The Ashtasahasrams as Iyers belonging to the Smarta tradition, along with the Vadamas, Brahacharanams, Vadyamans/Madhyamans, and the Kanials/Kaniyalars. However, the Ashtasahasrams are smaller in number.[ citation needed ]

The Ashtasahasrams follow the Taittirīya śākhā of the Kr̥ṣṇa Yajurveda. [1]

They are Aparaśikhā Brahmins, who wear their traditional hair tuft towards the back of their head. [2]

Divisions

The Ashtasahasram community is further sub-divided into four groups: [3]

References

  1. ↑ Mahadevan 2008, p. 51.
  2. ↑ Mahadevan 2008, p. 3, 142-143.
  3. ↑ Mahadevan, Thennilapuram P. (2008). "On the Southern Recension of the Mahābhārata, Brahman Migrations, and Brāhmī Paleography (For Frits Staal)". Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies. 15 (2): 143. doi:10.11588/ejvs.2008.2.327. ISSN   1084-7561.
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