Kansabanik

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Kansabanik/Kansari
Kansari coppersmith.jpg
Kansari coppersmith, from a 1799 collection of etchings
Kuladevta (male) Vishwakarma
Kuladevi (female) Lakshmi
ReligionsHinduism
Languages Bengali, Odia
Populated states West Bengal, Odisha

Kansabanik or Kansari is a Hindu caste [1] found from West Bengal, Odisha and Assam state of India. They are traditionally braziers and coppersmiths by profession. [2] Kansabanik represents one of the fourteen castes belonging to 'Nabasakh' group in Bengal. [3] Kanshabaniks are recognized as Other Backward Class by the Government of West Bengal. [4]

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Varna status

Bṛhaddharma Puraṇa placed Kansabanik and other trading castes in middle-ranking Shudra category. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Dipti Ray (2007). Prataparudradeva, the Last Great Suryavamsi King of Orissa (A.D. 1497 to A.D. 1540). Northern Book Centre. pp. 174–. ISBN   978-81-7211-195-3.
  2. ↑ Mohanty, Ramesh P.; Biswal, Durgesh Nandini (2007). Culture, Gender and Gender Discrimination: Caste Hindu and Tribal. Mittal Publications. p. 40. ISBN   978-81-8324-199-1.
  3. ↑ Sanyal, Hitesranjan (1981). Social Mobility in Bengal. Papyrus. p. 115.
  4. ↑ "Anagrasarkalyan | Backward Classes Welfare Department". anagrasarkalyan.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  5. ↑ Chakrabarti, Kunal; Chakrabarti, Shubhra (2013-08-22). Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis. Scarecrow Press. p. 116. ISBN   978-0-8108-8024-5.
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