Pandey
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Pandey Sanskrit
is a surname
of the Hindu
Brahmin
s communities of Northern
and Central
India
.
word , which refers to a 'learned man' or 'scholar'. The Sanskrit word Panditya means "Expertise.Pandey's are the superior Brahman's"
(chatur means 4 in Sanskrit), those who specialized in 3 Vedas came to be known as Tiwari
or Trivedi
or Tripathi (tri- meaning 3 in Sanskrit), while Dwivedi
specialized in 2 Vedas (dwi- meaning 2). Those who only studied the Veda but did not specialize in them came to be known as Pathak
, i.e. the reader. Those who specialized in Upanishads were known as Upadhyaya.
The name Pandey (meaning pundit) indicated Brahmins who specialized in all Vedas,Upnishad's plus Puranas.
Pandey's are also known as (superior)Sarvarya Brahmins or Saryupariya Brahmins,are North Indian Brahmins residing on the eastern plain of the Sarayu near Ayodhya. Saryupareen families Pandey's,Pathak's,Chaturvedi's and Dikshits were involved solely in the research and analysis of Vedas and other religious texts, performing yajnas and other religious practice.
n states
of Uttar Pradesh
, Madhya Pradesh
, Maharashtra
, Uttarakhand
, Himachal Pradesh
, Delhi
, Bihar
, and . The surname is also found in states such as Punjab
, Jharkhand
.
It can be found outside of India in Guyana
, Fiji
, Mauritius
, Trinidad and Tobago
, Nepal
(Acham, Kailali, Parbat etc.) and Suriname
.
, Kanyakubja,Saraswat, Sakaldwipi Brahmin
and other Brahmin
communities.
India
. But in Nepal 'Pandey' is taken differently than 'Pande'. Pandey is used as their surname by pure Brahmans whereas Pande
by Chhetriyas. In Maharashtra, several Brahmin
families have names ending in
"-pande", such as "Deshpande
".In Orissa the Brahmin
s use the "surname Panda" पण्डI.In Gujarat "Pandya" and In South "Pandyans" "Pandians"all have ancestral roots to the same Rishi..Pandey.....
Panday or Ponday surname is used by some modern Brahmins who fled to Madras during the 1857 Mutiny
. It is the newer spelling of the surname "Panday
", which is found by emigrants in countries which did not adopt the new Indian spelling. An older spelling is Pandy, which is found in literature and the Wester dictionary in relation to the great mutiny. The caste was numerous in the British Indian army and played and important role in the Mutiny.
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
is a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of the Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
Brahmin
Brahmin
Brahmin Brahman, Brahma and Brahmin.Brahman, Brahmin and Brahma have different meanings. Brahman refers to the Supreme Self...
s communities of Northern
Northern
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and Central
Central
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India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Derivation
Pandey's : Well known for the the Superior Castes in Brahmin's. Works of Pandey's : are peace; self-harmony, austerity, and purity; loving-forgiveness and righteousness; vision and wisdom and faith along with Spiritualism.It is most likely that it is derived from the SanskritSanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
word , which refers to a 'learned man' or 'scholar'. The Sanskrit word Panditya means "Expertise.Pandey's are the superior Brahman's"
Etymology
Those Brahmin families who specialized in all 4 Vedas came to be known as ChaturvediChaturvedi
The Mathur Chaturvedi Brahmins, or sometimes just Chaturvedi are an endogamous Brahmin community found mainly in western Uttar Pradesh. A Brahmin family name indicating that the title bearer's forefathers were proficient in all of the four Vedas...
(chatur means 4 in Sanskrit), those who specialized in 3 Vedas came to be known as Tiwari
Tiwari
Tiwari Sanskrit | तिवारी, is a Hindu Brahmin surname found mostly in the northern and central parts of India and Nepal.-About the surname Tiwari:Its other forms are Tewari, Tewary, Tiwary, Tewaree, and Tewarey...
or Trivedi
Trivedi
Trivedi is a Northern and Western Aryan family name from India and Asia Minor reflecting the mastery of a brahmin over three of the four vedas...
or Tripathi (tri- meaning 3 in Sanskrit), while Dwivedi
Dwivedi
Dwivedi is a Hindu surname. Dwivedi's belong to the brahmin caste, and belong to the Pancha Gauda classification of brahmins...
specialized in 2 Vedas (dwi- meaning 2). Those who only studied the Veda but did not specialize in them came to be known as Pathak
Pathak
Pathak is a community of Brahmins. Pathaks have served as the Chief Justice of India and as Vice President of India. Usually a surname, Pathak is a Sanskrit word and means Reader or person who is anxious to learn and acquire knowledge...
, i.e. the reader. Those who specialized in Upanishads were known as Upadhyaya.
The name Pandey (meaning pundit) indicated Brahmins who specialized in all Vedas,Upnishad's plus Puranas.
Pandey's are also known as (superior)Sarvarya Brahmins or Saryupariya Brahmins,are North Indian Brahmins residing on the eastern plain of the Sarayu near Ayodhya. Saryupareen families Pandey's,Pathak's,Chaturvedi's and Dikshits were involved solely in the research and analysis of Vedas and other religious texts, performing yajnas and other religious practice.
Distribution
The majority of people with the surname Pandey reside in the North IndiaNorth India
North India, known natively as Uttar Bhārat or Shumālī Hindustān , is a loosely defined region in the northern part of India. The exact meaning of the term varies by usage...
n states
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
, Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....
, Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
, Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...
, Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...
, Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
, and . The surname is also found in states such as Punjab
Punjab
Punjab or Panjab may refer to:Geographical regions*Punjab region, an area of South Asia stretching from central Pakistan to northwest India**Punjab, India, a state, a part of the Punjab which lies in India...
, Jharkhand
Jharkhand
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...
.
It can be found outside of India in Guyana
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
, Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
, Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
, Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
, Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
(Acham, Kailali, Parbat etc.) and Suriname
Suriname
Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...
.
Social groups
The surname is found predominantly among the Saryupareen BrahminsSaryupareen Brahmins
Saryupareen Brahmins , also known as Sarvarya Brahmins or Saryupariya Brahmins, are North Indian Brahmins residing on the eastern plain of the Sarayu near Ayodhya...
, Kanyakubja,Saraswat, Sakaldwipi Brahmin
Brahmin
Brahmin Brahman, Brahma and Brahmin.Brahman, Brahmin and Brahma have different meanings. Brahman refers to the Supreme Self...
and other Brahmin
Brahmin
Brahmin Brahman, Brahma and Brahmin.Brahman, Brahmin and Brahma have different meanings. Brahman refers to the Supreme Self...
communities.
Similar names
The surname Pandey is similar to the surname "Pande" , which is used in Gujarat and NorthNorth
North is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.North is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west.By convention, the top side of a map is north....
India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. But in Nepal 'Pandey' is taken differently than 'Pande'. Pandey is used as their surname by pure Brahmans whereas Pande
Pande
The surname "Pande" , is used in Gujarat, North India and as well as in Nepal. In Maharashtra, several Brahmin families have names ending in"-pande", such as "Deshpande" or Sardeshpande. Also Vidarbha region has Marathi speaking people with surname Pande....
by Chhetriyas. In Maharashtra, several Brahmin
Brahmin
Brahmin Brahman, Brahma and Brahmin.Brahman, Brahmin and Brahma have different meanings. Brahman refers to the Supreme Self...
families have names ending in
"-pande", such as "Deshpande
Deshpande
Deshpande is one of the most famous Brahmin surnames in the state of Maharashtra and North Karnataka, . Deshpande was the revenue post created by the King Krishnadevrai of Devgiri . One Deshpande used to be appointed superior to about 10 Pandes. More than 96% of Deshpandes belong to the Deshastha...
".In Orissa the Brahmin
Brahmin
Brahmin Brahman, Brahma and Brahmin.Brahman, Brahmin and Brahma have different meanings. Brahman refers to the Supreme Self...
s use the "surname Panda" पण्डI.In Gujarat "Pandya" and In South "Pandyans" "Pandians"all have ancestral roots to the same Rishi..Pandey.....
Panday or Ponday surname is used by some modern Brahmins who fled to Madras during the 1857 Mutiny
Mutiny
Mutiny is a conspiracy among members of a group of similarly situated individuals to openly oppose, change or overthrow an authority to which they are subject...
. It is the newer spelling of the surname "Panday
Panday
Panday or Ang Panday may refer to:* Panday , a Philippine comics character created by Carlo J. Caparas* Panday , a Filipino comics character...
", which is found by emigrants in countries which did not adopt the new Indian spelling. An older spelling is Pandy, which is found in literature and the Wester dictionary in relation to the great mutiny. The caste was numerous in the British Indian army and played and important role in the Mutiny.
Notable people with this surname
- Mangal PandeyMangal PandeyMangal Pandey was a sepoy in the 34th Regiment of the Bengal Native Infantry of the English East India Company. He is widely known in India as one of its first freedom fighters...
- Great Freedom Fighter of Mutiny of 1857 from Allahabad(U.P). - Chittu PandeyChittu PandeyChittu Pandey , popularly referred to as the Shere Ballia , was an Indian independence activist.Pandey was born in Rattuchak, a village in Ballia District of Uttar Pradesh....
- Great Freedom Fighter of Ballia(U.P) - Basdeo Pandey- 5th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2001
- Kabinga Pande Kabinga PandeKabinga Jacus Pande is a Zambian politician. Pande was appointed to the position of foreign minister in August 2007, replacing Mundia Sikatana. Pande had previously been the tourism minister.-External links:...
-Minister of Foreign Affairs Zambia (originally hailing from Jabalpur, MP) - Shakti Prasad Pandey-Advocate - A famous National leader 70's of JP Andolan from Satna(M.P)
- Ramesh Nath Pandey -Minister of Foreign Affairs Nepal
- Surendra Pandey- Hon’ble Finance Minister of Nepal
- Mrinal PandeMrinal PandeMrinal Pande is an Indian television personality, journalist and author, and till recently chief editor of Hindi Daily, Hindustan. She left Hindustan on Aug 31, 2009. She is appointed chairperson of Prasar Bharati, the apex body of official Indian Broadcat Media.This appointment came on Jan 23, 2010...
- Indian journalist and very famous writer, editor, columnist, (TikamGarh(MP) - A. C. Pandey -Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment,GOVT of India.
- Laxmi Narayan Pandey -Member of Parliament (Mandsor,MP)
- Joginder Pal Pandey - Ex Cabinet Minister of Punjab,India.(Ludhiana)
- Rakesh Pandey- Ex MLA,(Ludhiana Punjab)and Secretary, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee.
- Chunky PandeyChunky PandeySuyash 'Chunky' Pandey is an Indian film actor who has appeared in various Bollywood films. He has appeared in over 55 movies in a career that has spanned over two decades and has been nominated once for his supportive role in Tezaab...
- Film star of Bollywood,MUMBAI,India. - Piyush PandeyPiyush PandeyPiyush Pandey is the Executive Chairman & National Creative Director Ogilvy & Mather India and the winner of over 600 awards for advertising from all over the world. He is also Vice Chairman of O&M South Asia. Under Pandey, Oglivy & Mather has become the third largest advertising agency in India...
- Film & Advertising Guru,MUMBAI,India. - Prem Chand PandeyPrem Chand PandeyPrem Chand Pandey is an Indian scientist and academic in the fields of Satellite Oceanography, Remote Sensing, Atmospheric Science, Antarctic and Climate Change.-Education and career:...
- Founder Director NCAOR for Indian Antarctic Programme(Goa) - Dhruv Pandey - Founder chairman and CEO of NANO WEB TECH LIMITED (Chandigarh,India)
- Manish PandeyManish PandeyManish Krishnanand Pandey is an Indian cricketer. He is primarily a right-handed middle order batsman, although he opened the innings for his club team, the Royal Challengers Bangalore. After 2 years of playing for the Royal Challengers Bangalore, he has opted to play for Pune Warriors India in...
-Indian cricketer - Mike PandeyMike PandeyMike Pandey is an Indian film maker specialising in films about wildlife and the environment. He has won over 300 awards for his work to spread awareness about biodiversity and species conservation...
- Noted wildlife film maker