BAHUNS(source:Wikipedia) Regions with significant populations Nepal , India , Bhutan Languages Nepali language Religion Hinduism Bahun (बाहुन) or Brahmin (संस्कृतम् :ब्राहमण)), is any learned man, no matter which class he belongs to, per The Vedas . Brahmins are traditionally educators, scholars and priests. By tradition and civil law (until 1962), they represent the highest of the four Hindu varna , or castes . History Brahmins have historically been a caste, one of the four varnas , according to the varnarasram system (वर्णराश्रम पद्धति). The Brahmin castes may be broadly divided into two regional groups: Pancha-Gauda Brahmins and Pancha-Dravida Brahmins, as per the shloka. Many communities find their roots from sages mentioned in much older Vedas and puranas. [ citation needed] The indigenous ethnic groups Gurung , Magar, Tamang, Newar, Rai , Limbu , Sherpa, Mananggay, Mustang-gi, Thakali, Dolpo, Walungi and similar ethnic groups comprise over 50% of the population of the Middle Hills, the Khas represent 31% of the population. By tradition (and civil law) it was the highest of four Hindu varna (or castes), making up 12.5% of the population of Nepal. [ citation needed] Early migration The Khas Brahman community make up a major portion of the demographics of Nepal. [citation needed] They have moved eastward through the Xinxiang province of China, into western Tibet, and the Himalayan foothills from Kashmir and Kumao/Garwal. They settled first in the Karnali River basin and then the Gandaki. Lastly they settled into the Kosi basin as well as Sikkim and Bhutan . [ citation needed] Brahmins of Indian Origin During Mughal as well as various Muslim invasions in India, various Hindus, mostly of Rajasthani and Punjabi origin started migrating to the Himalayas. Most of the Brahmins who had migrated to Nepal got assimilated into the already existing Brahmin society in the hills. They are mostly or sometimes considered to be of Indian Origin. Brahmo-Kshatriyas of Bhutan As early as the rule of Shabdrung Namgyal in early Bhutan , a group of Gurungs from North-East Nepal had emigrated to Bhutan. They are also called as Nepal Orgien Gurung but mostly these Gurungs were in medicine along with Warfare . Some were known to be scholars in various Buddhist scriptures. Shabdrung Namgyal was so impressed with this Aryanised group of Kirats that they gave them the title of Huig-Namtre or Warrior doctors. Though often mistaken as Lhotshampas by foreigners, the Druk-Pa and Sharchop ethnic groups of Bhutan assimilated them into their own society. Many of these Brahmo-Kshatriyas migrated out side Bhutan to North- East India as well as Gorkhaland and West Bengal, and many of them have common surnames with Bengalis, Assamese, Nepalis, and Various other eastern Indo-Aryan and Tibetan groups. The Brahman–Hill The Brahman-Hill (or Khas Bahun) is the colloquial Nepali term for a member of the hill or mountain Brahmin caste , a traditional caste of educators, scholars, and priests in Hinduism. This ethnic group of Nepal makes up 12.5% of the countrys population. The Brahmins were a powerful group of educators, scholars, and priests found in medieval and modern Nepal and India until the 19th century. [citation needed ] Nepals present constitution rejects such hierarchical categorizations. [ citation needed] Bahuns currently comprise about 31% of the Hindu population. [ citation needed ] Usage Bahuns are also called Brahmins, Vipra learned, or Dvija twice-born. The English word brahmin is an anglicised form of the Sanskrit word Brāhmaṇa, having to do with Brahman (Sanskrit: ब्रह्म) or divine knowledge. In Buddhist sources (written in Pali and Prakrit—including Ashokan inscriptions), they are also called Babhans , which is the Pali word for Bahuns. [citation needed] Notable Khas Bahuns Politics Ranga Nath Poudyal - (first Brahmin prime minister of the Kingdom of Nepal) Matrika Prasad Koirala - (president of the Nepali Congress ; and first prime minister after the Rana dynasty rule ended in 1951) Tanka Prasad Acharya - (former prime minister, he was known as the living martyr of Nepal; was the founding leader of Nepal Praja Parishad ) Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala - (first democratically elected prime minister of Nepal) Nagendra Prasad Rijal - (former prime minister of Nepal) Krishna Prasad Bhattarai - (former prime minister of Nepal) Girija Prasad Koirala - (former prime minister of Nepal) Man Mohan Adhikari - (first democratically-elected Communist Party member to be prime minister in Nepal) Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda - (former Prime Minister of Nepal ) Madhav Kumar Nepal - (former prime minister of Nepal) Jhala Nath Khanal - (former prime minister of Nepal) Baburam Bhattarai - (former prime minister of Nepal) Khil Raj Regmi - ( Chief Justice of Nepal & former prime minister of Nepal) Sushil Koirala- current Prime Minister of Nepal Defence Ranga Nath Poudyal Arts Bhanubhakta Acharya - (Nepal ka Adikavi or Nepals Original Poet) Motiram Bhatta - (Yuwa Kavi or Youth Poet of Nepal) Lekhnath Paudyal - (Kavi Shiromani or founding father of modern Nepali poetry) Laxmi Prasad Devkota - (Maha Kavi or The Great Poet of Nepal) Madhav Prasad Ghimire - (Rashtra Kavi, National Poet of Nepal) Hari Bansha Acharya - (comedian, actor and writer of Nepal) Manisha Koirala - (Nepali film actress) Krishnahari Baral- (Nepali lyricist, songwriter, poet, literary critic, and author ).
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