Kaushik
Kaushik (Hindi: कौशिक) or Kaushike (Marathi: कौशिक) or Koushik/Kousik is the highest caste of patri-clan (gotra) of Brahmins and Kshatriya named after Brahmarishi Vishvamitra.[1] Kaushik is used as surname by Brahmins and Kshatriya of Vishwamitra or Kaushika gotra. 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 history.[2][3] Kaushika is pravara of Vishwamitra gotra.[4]
Etymology[]
The name "Koushika" (i.e. Kaushik) literally means "descended from Kusha".[5]
- Other theories
British writer John Garrett (1871) believed that Kush here refers to the name of a place in Central Asia.[6] According to Robert Vane Russell, Kaushik may be derived from Kusha grass.[7]
Notable people[]
Notable people with the surname include:
Sports[]
- Shivil Kaushik – an Indian cricketer
- Manish Kaushik – an Indian boxer who won various medals in both national and international tournaments including; a silver medal in 2018 Commonwealth Games in the light weight division, a bronze in the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships in the light welterweight category, and gold medal at the Indian 2017 National Boxing Games. Manish Kaushik represented India in the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics.
- Haripal Kaushik – an Indian field hockey player, military officer and television commentator
- Jagannathan Kaushik – an Indian first-class cricketer
- Ankit Kaushik – an Indian cricketer
- Aditya Kaushik – an Indian cricketer
Entertainers[]
- Ashutosh Kaushik – an Indian actor
- Amar Kaushik – an Indian director and actor
- Satish Kaushik – an Indian film director, producer, and actor, primarily in Hindi films and theatre.
- Kavita Kaushik – an Indian actress.
- Dinesh Kaushik – an Indian actor
- Aravind Kaushik – an Indian film director, screenwriter who works in Kannada cinema
- Tashu Kaushik – an Indian film actress and model
- Kabeer Kaushik – an Indian film director and screenwriter
- Rishi Kaushik – an Indian actor who acts in serials
Politicians[]
- :- An indian politician Co-founder and senior leader of samajwadi party. Was the Health minister of up.
- Dharamlal Kaushik – an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janta Party and the 3rd speaker of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from 2009 to 2014.
- Madan Kaushik – an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. Currently he is a cabinet minister from Uttarakhand under the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and four time MLA from Haridwar constituency.
- Anil Kaushik – an Indian National Congress Politician from Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He is an ex-deputy mayor of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation
- Dinesh Kaushik (politician) – an independent politician and current Member of Legislative Assembly in Haryana
- Ramesh Chander Kaushik – an Indian politician and a member of parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha from Sonipat (Lok Sabha constituency), Haryana
- Purushottam Kaushik – an Indian Politician, who was the Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation in the Morarji Desai ministry and later Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the Charan Singh ministry.
- Naresh Kaushik – a member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the BJP representing the Bahadurgarh Vidhan sabha Constituency in Haryana
Others[]
- Ravindra Kaushik – an alleged Indian Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) agent who lived undercover in Pakistan
- Sudhanshu Kaushik – an international youth activist known for founding Young India Foundation
- Avinash Kaushik – an Indian entrepreneur, author and public speaker
- Bhupendra Nath Kaushik – a Hindi and Urdu language poet, writer and satirist.
- Ramanath Cowsik- an astrophysicist, considered by many the father of astroparticle physics.
References[]
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ Devdutt Pattanaik (9 October 2017). Ram: The Student (Penguin Petit). Penguin Random House India. ISBN 9789387326064. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bibek Debroy (9 September 2016). Harivamsha. Penguin UK. p. 435. ISBN 9789386057914. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ John Garrett (1975) [1871]. A Classical Dictionary of India. Atlantic. pp. 732–. GGKEY:YTLNG1DG7JN.
- ^ Russell, Robert Vane (1916). The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India (Volumes I and II). ISBN 9781465582942.
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