SUNDHI-SHOUNDIK-SUDI VAISHYA CASTE
सुंधी, जिसे सोंधी या सुंडी या सुदी के नाम से भी जाना जाता है, भारतीय राज्यों आंध्र प्रदेश, असम, छत्तीसगढ़, उड़ीसा, पश्चिम बंगाल, झारखंड, बिहार, उत्तर प्रदेश और दिल्ली में एक जाति है। कहा जाता है कि सुंधी शब्द की उत्पत्ति संस्कृत के शौंदिक से हुई है, जो एक आत्मा-विक्रेता है। उन्हें वैश्य जाति माना जाता है।
मंडल आयोग की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, कई भारतीय राज्यों में सुंधी को अन्य पिछड़ा वर्ग (ओ.बी.सी.) की श्रेणी में शामिल किया गया है और क्रीमी लेयर में शामिल किया गया है।
यह जाति आंध्र प्रदेश के श्रीकाकुलम, विजयनगरम और विशाखापत्तनम के पूर्वोत्तर जिलों में भी पाई जाती है, जहां उन्हें सोंडी और असम में सुंडी या शेष भारत में सुदी के नाम से भी जाना जाता है। वे पश्चिम बंगाल के कुछ हिस्सों और देश के अन्य हिस्सों में भी रहते हैं। पश्चिमी बंगाल, बिहार और उड़ीसा में छह लाख से अधिक सुंधी या सूरी निवासी हैं।
the root of shoundik kalwar and jaiswal is the same. all these three castes were related to distillation of sprit beverages in ancient time. their status was at par of present days chemist. later on shoundik evolved as a separate caste due to certain incident when a sprit seller married a brahmin women by saving the life of brahman from the punishment of then king. the next offspring of that sprit seller distinguished itself as a shoundik caste. this is why the women of this caste follow brahminical rituals even present days. they do not take spared meal of their husband and observe complete purity in accepting meal from others.
ReplyDeleteलेकिन कलवार लोगों का कहना है की वे सौंदिक से अलग है!
Deletethe root of shoundik kalwar and jaiswal is the same. all these three castes were related to distillation of sprit beverages in ancient time. their status was at par of present days chemist. later on shoundik evolved as a separate caste due to certain incident when a sprit seller married a brahmin women by saving the life of brahman from the punishment of then king. the next offspring of that sprit seller distinguished itself as a shoundik caste. this is why the women of this caste follow brahminical rituals even present days. they do not take spared meal of their husband and observe complete purity in accepting meal from others.
ReplyDeleteWe are mostly jeanious and intelligent
ReplyDeleteSudi k gotra kon kon se hain.
ReplyDeleteGarg. Sandhilya. Kashyap. Madhu. Ananta. Alok. In westbengal
DeleteNagashya
DeleteIt is basically kshatriya caste.
ReplyDeleteIt is basically vaisya caste.. Don't make every caste kshatriya just to sound cool.. Everyone had their own importance..
ReplyDeleteYess are u right
DeleteYou are wrong. It is Kshatriya Caste. In ancient times spirit selling business was reserved for Kshatriya Caste as it was high class business. This business required warrior skills. Spirit was considered as a drink for warriors.
DeleteMy great grandfather told us we are belonging to Haiyaya Kshatriya.
DeleteSir u r wrong. Bcoz Saha and Mandal surnames r came from kayastha. Now its undar vaisya bcoz we left our work.. And come to a business family now
DeleteMai suri sondhi shoundik jati se hoo
ReplyDeleteSaundik/ sudhi / sudi belongs to vaishya caste.belongs to creamy layer caste in maximum states.
ReplyDeleteFew place they known as baniya or sawji/ simply sudhi.
They are one the most dominating caste among vaishya or baniya.
Specially those belong to jharkhad,Delhi and Bihar.
Kalwar and sudi had a linkage with each other as both of them belongs to khestriya in past. Presently,both belong to vaish baniyas category.
Sudhi caste comes under baniya category in jharkhad and Bihar state of India falls under creamy layer.
DeleteOverall in India it comes under vaishya ( business caste).
One of the most dominating ethnic groups of Indian society.
Surname like hathi,mahaseth,shah/sah,mahto and many more.
Yes sir absolutely.., my name is Àkshay and I belongs to sah / Mahto family
DeleteSir the surname in our caste is varried from each other from State to State in India after all we belong to With Regards.
Deleteअरे भाई यह कैसे होगा बे महतो तो कुर्मी है सुधी तो अलग जाति है ये मंडल लिखते उपनाम जबकि कुर्मी महतो
DeleteSir sorry but sundi sabe samne nahi he. Hamare me 4 part kiya gaya he. Or hum sabse uche hai. Or hun khatriya community se ate hai. Or jo mahato bole yaha wunse hamara sadi ni hota he. Abhi hum vaishya me aye kiu k business ko hum chune hai. Talwar chorke. Sundhi jo hai to hariyana sindhu pradeshi he. So hamara caste ayse ni bola jata he sab alag alag comunity se he.
DeleteSudhi/sudi is Indian caste
ReplyDeleteCategorized into mainly three subgroup:
1.uppersudi/sudhi-(vyahut/vaish/Mahajan/baniya)
-saha/sah
2.middle level sudi/sundhi-vaishya/sahuji/baniya
- mahato/mahaseth/hathi/purvey/sahoo/sudi.
3.lowersaundik/sunri- Chaudhary-kalal(spirit maker).
Upper and middle sudi vaish baniya caste falls under obc(creamy layer category in maximum parts of India.
Baniya sudi & sahuji sudi both are very rich vaishya community specifically in Indian state of bihar, jharkhand and Delhi.
What is/are the criteria/criterion for calling one group as upper or lower of the same caste ? It was the policy of ancient times, conservative idea , narrow mindedness , policy of separatism. Now , leave all old ideas. Think of unity of all groups in same the caste and gradually all castes in one nation to make india strong and powerful. Divisionery policy has ourselves weak . That is why we failed to protect our motherland from the invaders like Hun ,scythian, Pathan , Mughal and very recently Chinease .
DeleteProud to be a part of sudi family.
ReplyDeleteBaniya sudi fall creamy layer or non creamy layer please answer
ReplyDeleteYes sir but sundi k 4parts hai. Isse upoar bhi he jo khatriya se ate hai. Hum inh 3no me nahi ate hai. Jo sundi ko upadhi milatha wo apna caste change karke khatriya hoye the. Or hamare khandan se inh last 2 jo sundi he unhse sadi nahi karwaya jata he. Mana jata he ki pelle k din sab mante the wo lower caste k hai. Or hum khatriya. Katri business family se mana jatate ki hum aye hai.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with u my grandparents use to same thing
DeleteShoundik is the right term that
ReplyDeleteowes its origin to Haihay lineage and
of Karttavirya Sahasrarjun.Shoundikey
was the Prince of Avanti in Janapada era.Caste is named after 'Shoundikeya'
not any other .It's the pervert
definition to add this Kshatriya caste with liquor destilation out of grudge
because of killing sage Jamadagni.
The Kalchuris were the rulers.Chedis,Kalwar,Madhav,Jayaswal,Ahluwalia,Sundhi,Sondi,Vyahyt,Shoundik,Suri,Sudi,Sainy,Nadar,Goud,Izwaha,Nair,Thiyaya and Vitihotras are from same root.
I am A sundi and proudly say our community is very progressive
ReplyDeleteI am from odisha jharsuguda district and belong to Sundhi caste by reading above all your comments I feel happy
ReplyDeleteIn jharkhand, most of sundi caste people use "Mandal" as there surname
ReplyDeleteNo No... it's not like that I'm from Jharkhand. And I had proper research about this caste.
DeleteIn Jharkhand most of sundi uses surname as Seth, Sahu, Prasad, Saha. These are the main surname.
Some Sundhi use surname Mandal just to come under SC category because "Mandal" is surname of namasundra caste and they use the same reservation.
But our history is we belong to haihay kshatriya dynasty.
For more you can contact me as I have researched about us so much and gained knowledge from my grandparents.
Guys we need to do something for the development of our caste as on the wikipedia page it is written that "Sundis belong to Dalit Community" Which is totally wrong we need to improve that actually wikipedia works with scholar and we need to SPREAD REALITY ABOUT OUR CASTE. for that we need a scholar to publish an article about our caste. Let's create a group and be together.
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Sunri/shaundik/kalal/kalwar all these communities have one and the same origin.Originally ,they are all Haihai Kshatriya I,e.Yaduvanshi means Shri Krishna's clan . We should be proud of our origin .I am suggesting one book for somewhat details regarding our caste and community--- The Vaishya Khanda-Saha and the Shaundika and the commentary on Hindu Castes by Narayan Chandra Saha . B.L. ,Vaqil, HighCourt, Calcutta . You may not agree with some points but rests are correct , in my opinion. He has quoted Vedas , Purans where details of Shaundik community have been described.
DeleteEfforts may be made by all our brethren to correct the language in wilkipedia regarding the status of shaundik community. Though, Shaundik/ Sunri (except Saha) community in West Bengal only has been recognized as S.C. due to division of castes into only Brhaman and Sudras by the then king Ballal Sen. There were graded Shudras . Due to jealousy towards Shaundik of so-called higher communities who supplied the ideas regarding Sunri/ Shaundika community to foreign authors like H. H. Rislay wrote ln his book The Tribes and the Castes of Bengal (Undevided) as degraded. Other authors copied Risley . Anyway, at present time Brahman gir.s marrying our boys and vice-versa without any hitch .
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