Presented below are various versions of the origin stories of the Sapta shati Brahmins of Bengal. Please note that as always, by Bengal, I refer to West Bengal and Islamic Bangladesh.
Version 1:
The seven hundred Brahmins who went to fight for AdiShUra came to be known as saptasati or shAtsati.
Version 2:
According to some they were descendants of Brahmmins living on the bank of the Sarasvati
river, who were brought to Bengal by the Andhra king shUdraka for performing a sacrifice, and settled in this country which till then had no Brahmins. The kulatattvÄrNava states shUdraka imported sArasvata Brahmins in Vanga in order to perform a putreShTi sacrifice.
Version 3:
According to others, the Saptashatis were people of low castes, but were recognised as Brahmins by AdishUra as a reward for their services.
Version 4:
vallAla sena got a boon from the Goddess chaNDi that within two praharas (six hours) he could make anybody he liked to be a Brahmin, and the king thereupon created seven hundred Brahmins who came to be known as Saptashatis (seven hundred).
Version 1:
The seven hundred Brahmins who went to fight for AdiShUra came to be known as saptasati or shAtsati.
Version 2:
According to some they were descendants of Brahmmins living on the bank of the Sarasvati
river, who were brought to Bengal by the Andhra king shUdraka for performing a sacrifice, and settled in this country which till then had no Brahmins. The kulatattvÄrNava states shUdraka imported sArasvata Brahmins in Vanga in order to perform a putreShTi sacrifice.
Version 3:
According to others, the Saptashatis were people of low castes, but were recognised as Brahmins by AdishUra as a reward for their services.
Version 4:
vallAla sena got a boon from the Goddess chaNDi that within two praharas (six hours) he could make anybody he liked to be a Brahmin, and the king thereupon created seven hundred Brahmins who came to be known as Saptashatis (seven hundred).
References:
1. History of Bengal - Vol I, Apendix 1, THE KULAJI OR GENEALOGICAL LITERATURE Pg 626 (ed R.C Majumder)
2. Early History of Bengal from Earliest Times - Vol II, Promode Paul (Page 39 onwards)
1. History of Bengal - Vol I, Apendix 1, THE KULAJI OR GENEALOGICAL LITERATURE Pg 626 (ed R.C Majumder)
2. Early History of Bengal from Earliest Times - Vol II, Promode Paul (Page 39 onwards)
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