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- ↑ Y. Subhashini Subrahmanyam (1975). Social Change in Village India: An Andhra Case Study. Prithvi Raj Publishers. p. 71.
The Madhwas or Golconda Vyapari Brahmins follow the teachings of their Guru Madhwachari who preached Dvaita in contrast to Sankaracharya's Advaita which believes that the Jivatma (soul of the individual) and Paramatma (cosmic soul) ...
- ↑ Indo-British Review Volume 10. Indo-British Historical Society. 1983. p. 44.
Deshastha Brahmans, and Golkonda Vyaparis with whom they were linked by marriage, came to power during the time of the last Bahmani Diwan, Mahmud Gawan (d. 1481).
- ↑ Itihas Volume 5. Director of State Archives, Government of Andhra Pradesh. 1977. p. 65.
Desastha Brahmins who held the important position of authority in the Deccan, and also Golconda Vyaparis with whom they have intimate connections. Thus at the village level, the old Niyogis who, for several centuries, had built up their power were slowly replaced by the Desastha Brahmins.
- ↑ Coenraad M. Brand (1973). State and Society: A Reader in Comparative Political Sociology. University of California Press. p. 112. ISBN 9780520024908.
- ↑ "Revealing the missing links". Hans India. 24 July 2016.