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Banerjee

{{short description|Brahmin surname from the Indian subcontinent}}

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Banerjee, also known as Bandyopadhyay, is a Bengali Kulin Brahmin surname originating from the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. The surname belongs to the Rarhi clan of Hindu Bengali Brahmin caste.{{Cite book|last=Bhattacharya|first=Jogendra Nath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xlpLAAAAMAAJ&q=Bandopadhyay|title=Hindu Castes and Sects: An Exposition of the Origin of the Hindu Caste System and the Bearing of the Sects Towards Each Other and Towards Other Religious Systems|date=1896|publisher=Thacker, Spink|pages=38|language=en|access-date=3 May 2021|archive-date=13 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313094609/https://books.google.com/books?id=xlpLAAAAMAAJ&q=Bandopadhyay|url-status=live}}{{cite book |title=Krishna consciousness in the West |editor1-first=David G. |editor1-last=Bromley |editor2-first=Larry D. |editor2-last=Shinn |first=Thomas J. |last=Hopkins |chapter=The Social and Religious Background for Transmission of Gaudiya Vaisnavism to the West |publisher=Bucknell University Press |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-8387-5144-2 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-EuD3M2QYoC&pg=PA35 |pages=35–36 |accessdate=28 February 2022}}

History

{{blockquote|"Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Hindu (Brahman) name, the first element of which, Ban-, is taken from Bandyopadhyay The final element -jee is derived from jha (greatly reduced form of Sanskrit upadhyaya 'teacher'); thus, Banerjee 'teacher who is head and only performs the main work aarti or, Vandana. A Sanskrit version of this name, Vandyopadhyaya, was coined from the elements vandya 'venerable' + upadhyaya 'teacher'. "|Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|0-19-508137-4}}|source={{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |date=8 May 2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-977169-1 |page=94 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJoDDAAAQBAJ |language=en}}}}

Notable people

Notable people with the surname Banerjee, Bandopadhyay, or variations, include:

See also

References

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Category:Brahmin communities

Category:Social groups of West Bengal

Category:Surnames of Indian origin

Category:Surnames of Hindu origin

Category:Bengali Hindu surnames

Category:Kulin Brahmin surnames