Chaurasia
Matrimonial
Chaurasia is a Brahmin community that has various gotras and subcastes. It comes from the Vedic word ‚Chaturashiitah‚„ that means Eight Four referring to the large number of yonis or types of Gods in the universe. Some gotras in Chaurasia community are Kashyapa, Bharadwaj, Rishi, Shandilya, Sharma, Bhatia, Modi and others. Among the surnames used by members of Chaurasia community are Jaiswal, Bhagat, Tamoli, Munshi, Tiwari, Rai and numerous others. These sub castes are adopted on regional basis.