Maithil Brahmin

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Maithil Brahmin are a Hindu Brahmin community from the Mithila region of India and Nepal, traditionally known for their scholarship, ritual expertise, and preservation of Maithili culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Brahmin community
associatedDeity Goddess Durga NERFINISHED
Shiva NERFINISHED
Vishnu NERFINISHED
associatedWithCulture Maithili culture
associatedWithText Mithila school of Mimamsa NERFINISHED
Mithila school of Nyaya NERFINISHED
casteCategoryInIndia forward caste
concentratedIn Bihar NERFINISHED
Darbhanga district NERFINISHED
Madhubani district NERFINISHED
Saharsa district NERFINISHED
Samastipur district NERFINISHED
Sitamarhi district NERFINISHED
Supaul district NERFINISHED
eastern Terai of Nepal NERFINISHED
culturalPractice Maithil painting patronage
Maithili festivals
Maithili folk songs
educationTradition tol-based Sanskrit education
followsTradition Maithili ritual tradition
Mithila school of Hindu law NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Tirhut NERFINISHED
Videha NERFINISHED
knownFor Hindu rituals
Sanskrit learning
astrology
preservation of Maithili culture
locatedIn India
Mithila region NERFINISHED
Nepal NERFINISHED
marriageRule gotra exogamy
preference for arranged marriages
notablePhilosopher Vachaspati Mishra NERFINISHED
notableScholar Gangesha Upadhyaya NERFINISHED
Udayana NERFINISHED
primaryLanguage Maithili
religion Hinduism
ritualSpecialization Vedic yajna NERFINISHED
marriage rituals
shraddha rituals
socialStructure gotra-based lineage system
subgroupOf Brahmins NERFINISHED
Maithil people NERFINISHED
traditionalOccupation Hindu priesthood
Vedic scholarship
ritual expertise
usesScriptHistorically Tirhuta script NERFINISHED

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Maithil people casteGroup Maithil Brahmin