Basnet

{{short description|Family name}}

{{For|the aristocratic Basnyat family of Gorkha|Basnyat family}}

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{{Infobox surname

| name = Basnet

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| language = Nepali, Doteli, Kumaoni

| languageorigin = Khas

| origin = Karnali, Nepal

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| meaning = Warrior

| variant = Basnyat, Basnet

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| seealso = Thapa, Rana, Karki, Khadka

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Basnet/Basnyat ({{langx|ne|बस्‍नेत/बस्न्यात}}) is a surname of Khasas of Nepal and India.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nameslist.org/surname/Basnet|title=Basnet Family Name|accessdate=25 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115065112/http://www.nameslist.org/surname/Basnet|archive-date=15 January 2018|url-status=dead}}

It is commonly found among Jharra Chhetri Pure Kshatriya community.{{cite book|title=Dynamics of a hill society: Nepalis in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas|author=Subba, Tanka Bahadur|date=1989|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=9788173041143|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1yZuAAAAMAAJ|quote=Some of the Chhetri clans are Adhikari, Baniya, Basnet, Bist, Bohra, Bura or Burathoki,Chouhan, Karki, Khadka, Khulal, Mahat, Raut, Rana, Rayamajhi, Rathour, Roka, Thapa, etc.}}

There are five different branches of Basnets in Nepal:

• The Shreepali (Sripali) Jumli Basnets of Jumla bharadwaja later Gorkha.
• The Khaptari (Khaptadi Basnyat)King of Khaptad Raghuvanshi Kshatriya Kaushik gotriya
• The Khaptadi Basnets with Kaushalaya gotra
• The Lamichhane; Garga gotriya Basnets