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Varma (surname)

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Verma, Verma are surnames found in India and Southeast Asia. These surnames are commonly used by people of different castes and ethnic groups across the region.{{Cite book |last=Hanks |first=Patrick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJoDDAAAQBAJ&dq=varma+hindu+surname&pg=RA2-PA541 |title=Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set |date=2003-05-08 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-977169-1 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Chatterjee |first=Suhas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KItocaxbibUC&dq=Indian+surname+varma&pg=PA432 |title=Indian Civilization and Culture |date=1998 |publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd. |isbn=978-81-7533-083-2 |language=en}} The surname is used in North India by and some of the groups among cluster of castes called Kayasthas.{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=RuK9z3jLcwgC&pg=PA242|last=Atal|first= Y|year=2012|title= Sociology: A Study of the Social Sphere|publisher=Pearson Education India|page=242|isbn=978-81-317-9759-4 }} However, in the same region along with Central India, it mostly be found among castes like Rajput,{{Cite journal |last=Rajput |first=Shelal Lodhi |date=2020 |title=Unfolding the Contributions of Greek & Roman Philosophers in Natural Law School of Jurisprudence |url=https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3751247 |journal=SSRN Electronic Journal |doi=10.2139/ssrn.3751247 |issn=1556-5068}} Kurmis,{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-politics/nitish-kumar-kurmi-community-bihar-a-political-history-8174700/|title=The Kurmi: a political history|website=Indian express|accessdate=17 July 2023}} Jats{{Cite journal |last1=Su |first1=Yong |last2=Zhang |first2=Man |last3=Guo |first3=Qiaosheng |last4=Wei |first4=Min |last5=Shi |first5=Hongzhuan |last6=Wang |first6=Tao |last7=Han |first7=Zhengzhou |last8=Liu |first8=Huihui |last9=Liu |first9=Chang |last10=Huang |first10=Jianmin |date=2023-08-18 |title=Classification of Isatis indigotica Fortune and Isatis tinctoria Linnaeus via comparative analysis of chloroplast genomes |journal=BMC Genomics |volume=24 |issue=1 |doi=10.1186/s12864-023-09534-8 |doi-access=free |issn=1471-2164|pmc=10436401 }} and Koeris.{{cite book|title=Bulletin of the Cultural Research Institute|year=2004|place= India|publisher= Cultural Research Institute West Bengal (India)|page=26|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=SfK839MBxycC|quote= Recently , they have adopted surnames like Verma , Mehta and Kushwaha . Their subgroups are mostly endogamous . There are five major social divisions or endogamous subgroups among the Koiri of West Bengal.}}

Indian traditional usage

According to Ayodhya Prasad Sah, the title was also used by some Brahmins in parts of Odisha, although it is recommended historically for the Kshatriyas.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z8QBAAAAMAAJ&q=Varma++title |title=Life in mediæval Orissa, cir. A.D. 600-1200 |first=Ayodhya Prasad |last=Sah |publisher=Chaukhambha Orientalia |year=1976 |page=123}}

Notable people

Notable people with the surname "Varma" or its variants include:

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  • Varman dynasty (4–7 c.), a dynasty of Kamarupa, including a list of rulers
  • Suryavarman II, Great King of the Khmer Empire and builder of Angkor Wat

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