Kaushik

Kaushik

Kaushik

Indian family name

For the sage, see Vishvamitra.

Kaushik (Hindi: कौशिक) or Kaushike (Marathi: कौशिक) or Koushik/Kousik is a surname and gotra of Brahmins named after Brahmarishi Vishvamitra.[1] Kaushik/Koushik is ancient Indian 'Gotra' applied to an Indian clan. Origin of Kaushik can be referenced to an ancient Hindu text. There was a Rishi (saint) by the name of "Vishvamitra" literally meaning 'friend of the universe', 'Vishwa' as in universe and 'Mitra' as in friend, he was also called as Rishi "Kaushik".Vishvamitra is famous in many legendary stories and in different works of Hindu literature.[1][2] Kaushika is pravara of Vishwamitra gotra.[3]

Etymology

The name "Koushika" (i.e. Kaushik) literally means "descended from Kusha".[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    The Eastern Anthropologist, Volumes 42-43. Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society. 1989. p. 218. The list of sages varies in different sacred books, but their gotra names are Kashyapa, Vasishta, Agastya, Bhrigu, Gautam, Bharadvaja, Atri and Viswamitra or Kaushik. Often the names of gotras, such as Kaushik, Kashyapa and Bharadwaja, are employed as surnames by the Brahmans
  2. [2]
    Devdutt Pattanaik (9 October 2017). Ram: The Student (Penguin Petit). Penguin Random House India. ISBN 9789387326064. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  3. [3]
    Syed Siraj ul Hassan (1989). The Castes and Tribes of H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions, Volume 1. Asian Educational Services. p. 120. ISBN 9788120604889.
  4. [4]
    Bibek Debroy (9 September 2016). Harivamsha. Penguin UK. p. 435. ISBN 9789386057914. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
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