Chaube
Chaube Brahmins are a group of Brahmins found in Northern India. In the Braj region, they serve as pilgrimage priests. They are also notable for their wrestling culture and masti way of life.[1][2] The Hindi term caube is inherited from the Sanskrit caturvēda ("containing the 4 Vedas").[3]
References
- ^ Entwistle, A.W. (1987). Braj: Centre of Krishna Pilgrimage. Egbert Forsten. p. 7.
- ^ Lynch, Owen M. (1990). "The Mastram Emotion and Person Among Mathura's Chaubes". Divine Passions: The Social Construction of Emotion in India. University of California Press.
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1962–1966). A comparative dictionary of Indo-Aryan languages. Oxford University Press. p. 251.