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{{Infobox ethnic group<br />
| group = Ashtasahasram<br />
| popplace = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| langs = [[Brahmin Tamil]]<br />
| rels = [[Hinduism]]<br />
| related = [[Iyer]], [[Tamil people]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Ashtasahasram''' ({{lang-sa|अष्टसहश्रम}} ''{{IAST|Aṣṭasahasram}}''<ref name=":0" />) is a sub-sect of the [[Iyer]] community of [[Tamil Brahmins]] from the [[Indian state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]].<br />
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== Culture ==<br />
The Ashtasahasrams as Iyers belong to the [[Smarta tradition|Smarta]] ([[Shaivism|Shaivite]]) tradition, along with the [[Vadama|Vadamas]], [[Brahacharanam|Brahacharanams]], Vadyamans/Madhyamans, and the Kanials/Kaniyalars. However, the Ashtasahasrams are considered inferior to the first two Brahmin groups.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sadasivan|first=S. N.|title=A Social History of India|publisher=A.P.H. Publishing|year=2000|pages=233}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Fuller|first=C. J.|title=Tamil Brahmans: The Making of a Middle-Class Caste|last2=Narasimhan|first2=Haripriya|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=2014|pages=6}}</ref><br />
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The Ashtasahasrams follow the [[Taittiriya Shakha|Taittirīya śākhā]] of the [[Krishna Yajurveda|Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda]].{{Sfn|Mahadevan|2008|p=51}}<br />
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They are Aparaśikhā Brahmins, who wear their traditional hair tuft towards the back of their head.{{Sfn|Mahadevan|2008|p=3, 142-143}}<br />
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== Divisions ==<br />
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The Ashtasahasram community is further sub-divided into four groups:<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Mahadevan|first=Thennilapuram P.|date=2008|title=On the Southern Recension of the Mahābhārata, Brahman Migrations,and Brāhmī Paleography (For Frits Staal)|journal=Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies|volume=15|issue=2|pages=143|doi=10.11588/ejvs.2008.2.327|issn=1084-7561}}</ref><br />
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* Āttiyūr<br />
* Arivarpede<br />
* Nandivādi<br />
* Satkulam<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Tamil Brahmins]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Tamil Nadu]]</div>>GünniX