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Ashtasahasram is a sub-sect of the Iyer community of Tamil Brahmins from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu .
Culture [ edit ]
The Ashtasahasrams as Iyers belong to the Smarta (Shaivite ) tradition, along with the Vadamas , Brahacharanams , Vadyamans/Madhyamans, and the Kanials/Kaniyalars. However, the Ashtasahasrams are smaller in numbers and are considered inferior to the first two Brahmin groups.[1]
The Ashtasahasrams follow the Taittirīya śākhā of the Kr̥ṣṇa Yajurveda .
They are Aparaśikhā Brahmins, who wear their traditional hair tuft towards the back of their head.
Divisions [ edit ]
The Ashtasahasram community is further sub-divided into four groups:[4]
Āttiyūr
Arivarpede
Nandivādi
Satkulam
References [ edit ]
^ Fuller, C. J.; Narasimhan, Haripriya (2014). Tamil Brahmans: The Making of a Middle-Class Caste . University of Chicago Press. p. 6.
^ Mahadevan, Thennilapuram P. (2008). "On the Southern Recension of the Mahābhārata, Brahman Migrations, and Brāhmī Paleography (For Frits Staal)". Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies . 15 2 ): 143. doi :10.11588/ejvs.2008.2.327 . ISSN 1084-7561 .
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