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'''Karnataka Brahmins''' or '''Carnatic Brahmins''' are [[Pancha Dravida]] [[Brahmin]] communities native to the Indian state of [[Karnataka]].They are classified into two sub-divisions based on their places of origin in [[Karnataka]], "Kannada Nadu" (Kannada region) and "[[Tulu Nadu]]" (Tulu region). The Karnataka Brahmins from Kannada Nadu region speak [[Kannada language|Kannada]] and are known as ''[[Kannada Brahmin]]s'', while the Karnataka Brahmins from [[Tulu Nadu]] region of [[Karnataka]] speak [[Tulu language|Tulu]] and are known as ''[[Tuluva Brahmins]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Alternative Voices: (Re)searching Language, Culture, Identity …|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2MowBwAAQBAJ|author=Imtiaz Hasnain|date = 16 July 2013|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|accessdate=16 July 2013|page=349|isbn = 9781443849982}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of the Institute of Asian Studies, Volume 10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hTptAAAAMAAJ|publisher=The Institute|year=1992|page=67}}</ref><br />
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==Classification==<br />
Karnataka Brahmins fall under the [[Pancha-Dravida|Pancha Dravida Brahmin]] classification of the Brahmin community in India.<ref>{{cite book|title=Karnataka State Gazetteer: Mysore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7yQLAQAAIAAJ|publisher=Director of Print, Stationery and Publications at the Government Press|year=1988|page=157|quote=Of the two broad divisions among the brahmins, the Pancha Gowda of the north and the Pancha Dravida of the south, the brahmins of the Karnataka belong to the latter. There are the four linguistic groups speaking Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam.}}</ref> Karnataka Brahmins are divided into three major sub-divisions, the [[Smarta tradition|Smarta]], [[Madhvas|Madhva]] and [[Sri Vaishnava]] with several sub-divisions under each.<ref>{{cite book|title=Aryans in South India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=El9uAAAAMAAJ|author=P. P. Nārāyanan Nambūdiri|publisher=Inter-India Publications|year=1992|page=76|isbn = 9788121002660|quote=The Canarese or the Karnataka Brahmins The Canarese speaking or Karnataka brahmins are divided into two major sub-divisions, the Smarta and Madhwa with several sub- divisions under each.}}</ref><br />
<ref>{{cite book|title=Karnataka State Gazetteer: Mysore|publisher=Director of Print, Stationery and Publications at the Government Press|year=1988|page=157|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=7yQLAQAAIAAJ|quote=All the Brahmins belong to one of the three sects, i.e., the Smarthas, the Madhwa and the Srivaishnava, followers of Shankaracharya, Madhwacharya and Ramanujacharya.}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Kannada Brahmins]]<br />
[[Category:Tulu people|*]]<br />
[[Category:Tuluva| ]]<br />
[[Category:Lists of people by ethnicity]]<br />
[[Category:Tulu Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:People from Karnataka|*]]<br />
[[Category:Ethnic groups in India]]<br />
[[Category:Karnataka society]]<br />
[[Category:Mangalorean society]]<br />
[[Category:Kannada people|*]]<br />
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