Kayastha

E491696
South Asian community caste community social group

Kayastha is a prominent South Asian community traditionally associated with literacy, administration, and record-keeping roles, particularly in North India.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Kayastha community 2
Kayastha communities 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf South Asian community ⓘ
caste ⓘ
community ⓘ
social group ⓘ
associatedWith Mughal administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
Persianate administration in India ⓘ
bureaucracy ⓘ
government service ⓘ
land revenue records ⓘ
literacy ⓘ
country People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
hasSubgroup Ambastha Kayastha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bengali Kayastha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bhatnagar Kayastha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gaur Kayastha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mathur Kayastha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nigam Kayastha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roxburgh Kayastha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saxena Kayastha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Srivastava Kayastha NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole court officials ⓘ
intermediaries between rulers and subjects ⓘ
record writers ⓘ
tax officials ⓘ
language Awadhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bengali NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bhojpuri ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Maithili ⓘ
Marathi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Odia ⓘ
Telugu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
mythologicalAncestor Chitragupta NERFINISHED ⓘ
region India NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern India ⓘ
surface form: North India

South Asia ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
religiousTradition worship of Chitragupta ⓘ
socialStatus literate caste ⓘ
service caste ⓘ
traditionalOccupation accountants ⓘ
administrators ⓘ
record keepers ⓘ
scribes ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lal Bahadur Shastri → ethnicGroup → Kayastha ⓘ
Kaithi script → usedByCommunity → Kayastha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kayastha community
Maithil people → casteGroup → Kayastha ⓘ
Ghosh → associatedWithCommunity → Kayastha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kayastha community
Mehta → isUsedByCommunity → Kayastha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kayastha communities