Pandey

This article is about the surname. For the Congolese ethnic group, see Pende people. For other uses, see Pandey (disambiguation).
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Pandey, Pande, or Panday (Hindi: पाण्डेय/पाण्डे/पाँडे/पाण्डेय) (Nepali: पाण्डे/पाँडे/पाण्डेय) is primarily a Hindu Brahmin[1] surname commonly found in India and Nepal. The term is used to refer to an individual with specialized knowledge in any of the domains of Hinduism, particularly the Vedas.[2][3] In Hindi, in addition to being a surname, pāṇḍe is used to denote Pandit or expert and derived from the Sanskrit term Pandita.[4]

India

Most people with this surname in India are classified under the Brahmin varna. It is mainly found in people of the north Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Maharashtra, Delhi, and Madhya Pradesh, but also in Karnataka in South India.

Nepal

People with this surname are found in the Madhesi people and the Chhetri Kshatriya communities of Nepal. The famous Pande dynasty of Nepal were a Chhetri aristocratic family that dominated the Nepalese administration and military up until the 19th century as Mulkaji and Mukhtiyar.[5]

Notable people

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References

  1. ^ McGregor, R.S. (1993). The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. p. 618.
  2. ^ Molesworth, J.T. (1857). A dictionary, Marathi and English. Bombay Education Press. p. 486.
  3. ^ Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. November 2022.
  4. ^ Robbins, Dorothy Dodge (2023-10-03). Literary Onomastics. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. ISBN 978-1-6669-0593-9.
  5. ^ Joshi & Rose 1966, p. 23.

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