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Deshastha Brahmin surnames are derived by adding the suffixkar ore to the village from which the family originally hailed.[1] For example, Akhegaonkar came from the village Akhegaon, Bidkar came from the town of Bid, Jugade came from the village Jugad, Mulik came from district Muluk and some links say Mulikwadi from Konkan area,Yadwadkar came from Yadwad Nagpurkar comes from the cityNagpur, Virkar came from the village Vira or Veer,[2] the Marathi poet V. V. Shirwadkar, colloquially known asKusumagraj, came from the town of Shirwad, Dharwadkar from the town ofDharwad, and Bijapurkar from the town ofBijapur in Karnataka.[3] Examples of Surnames with suffixe areKasture,Deshpande,Purandare etc.
Deshasthas historically resident in Southern India also use directly the town name where they originally hail from without any suffix. For examples DiwanTanjore Madhava Rao came from the town ofThanjavur, DiwanKanchi Krishnaswamy Rao or HistorianConjeevaram Hayavadana Rao from the town ofKanchipuram also known as Conjeevaram inTamil Nadu, Civil servantGurunath Venkatesh Bewoor from the villageBewoor, poetV. K. Gokak from the city ofGokak,Mysore Sadashiva Rao from the city ofMysore inKarnataka, artistN. S. Bendre from the village of Bendri inMadhya Pradesh.[4]
SomeDeshastha Brahmin surnames are also derived from their gotra name of rishi For example, prominent Marathi writer, a poetPralhad Keshav Atre popularly known asAcharya Atre surname "Atre" came from the gotra Atri.[5]
Deshasthas also use the occupation or profession they did as their surnames such asJoshi means astrologer,Vaidya means doctor. Deshasthas who were manufacturers ofSalt and who did trading of salt in the state ofKarnataka adopted Uppu or Vuppu as their surnames which means Salt inKannada.[6]
Deshastha Brahmins also use the surnames, which their ancestors got as titles or positions held likeKulkarni,Deshpande,Deshmukh, Rajguru, Nirkhee,Fadnavis,Gadkari, Hatkar (हातकर) andDesai denote their professions.[7][8][9] However, some of these names are also common to some other Marathi communities. For example,Deshpande andKulkarni surnames are also found in theCKP caste.Deshmukh is also found in theMaratha,CKP andChitpawan and other castes.Patil is also found in theMaratha and several other castes.[10][11][12]Kulkarni means revenue collector and Joshi means astrologer.[13]Ghaisas, which means brave and is a rank duringRashtrakuta dynasty and is used as a surname predominantly by Deshastha Brahmins but it is also found among someChitpavan Brahmins andKarhade Brahmins.[14]
SomeDeshastha Brahmin surnames simply derived from their locations such asNashikkarNagarkarMulikMulukNeve.[15]
SomeDeshastha Brahmin surnames simply describe physical and mental characteristics such asHirve which means green orBuddhisagar which literally translates toocean of intellect or "Dharmik" or “Dharmik” which means "very religious".[15]
Vīra, the village granted, is certainly the modern Vir, from which the surname Virkar among Desastha Brāhmaṇs is derived.
Bijapurkar, Vasudeo G., Deshastha Brahmin, son of Govindji Bijapurkar, residence Rangoon, Burma.
Nana, as he was known to close friends and family members, was born on 21 August 1910, in a Deshastha Brahmin (Rigvedi) family, whose family deity is Narasimha.
Marathi literature is strewn with Deshastha writers. Some of the luminaries are B. S. Murdhekar, the neoclassical poet and critic; the popular dramatists' Acharya P. K. Atre, V.V.Shirwadkar; the poet and story writer G.D.Madgulkar popularly known as the "Modern Walmiki" of Maharashtra, Sahitya Akademi Award winners G. T. Deshpande, Laxmanshastri Joshi, S. N. Banhatti, V. K. Gokak and Mugali all belong to this community.
This term means manufacturers of salt (uppu).
Even then, it consistently legislated in favour of Maharas of Nagewadi in their disputes with Brahmins over the Patilki watan.
Generally speaking, excepting names such as Kulkarni, Thackerey, Chitnis, Deshmukh, Deshpande, which are common to many communities in Maharashtra, a C.K.P. can be recognised by his surname.
The wada tells us of a story of three generations of a family called Deshpande who belong to the Deshastha Brahmin caste. ....Spread all over Maharashtra as a result of this process, Deshastha Brahmans held, in particular, the office of kulkarni.
The early use of the word Ghaisas in the form of Gahiyasahasa (brave), is met with in Radhanpur plate of Rashtrakuta Govinda, dated saka 730. Here the term Ghaisas denotes only position or rank and is not restricted to any particular section of Brahmans. This surname is found among the Desastha, Chitpavana and Karhade Brahmans of Maharashtra, in the present days.
