Origin of Dandapat Surname.

Surname(उपनाम/कुलनाम ) and Title(उपाधि/पदवी):-
Historically, surnames evolved as a way to sort people into groups - by occupation, place of origin, clan affiliation, patronage, parentage, adoption, physical characteristics, etc. Surnames (उपनाम/कुलनाम )and titles (उपाधि/पदवी)or decorations used along with the proper names commonly added at the end of the names - are either genealogical or professional and sometimes topographical. The genealogical surname has been in use from generation to generation and is generally family names some of which may even have been personal names. Professional names have also been adopted as family names and are regularly used as surnames.

It has been a practice for quite a few centuries to award titles (उपाधि/पदवी)to persons who occupy positions of distinction in intelligence, learning, wealth, honor, etc. Persons who have rendered meritorious service to the country have also been awarded titles that have gone down from generation to generation and thus got absorbed as family names or surnames. Indian history from pre-Mughal days has shown that the ruling Hindu Kings had awarded titles to persons and families for either meritorious service to the country or for leadership in society. This practice has been followed by the Pathan and the Mughal rulers and by their successors, the British as well. Even in independent India, the Presidential awards on Republic day are a continuation of the old practice of honoring persons for their service to the country.
All the leaves of the inverted Ashvattha (अश्वत्थ) tree, regardless of their size or position, are considered equal. Similarly, all human beings are held in equal esteem, irrespective of variations in their roles and positions.


The oral tradition of the Vedas (Śruti) consists of several pathas, "recitations" or ways of chanting the Vedic mantras. The various pathas or recitation styles are designed to allow the complete and perfect memorization of the text and its pronunciation, including the Vedic pitch accent. Eleven such ways of reciting the Vedas were designed such as 1. Samhita, 2. Pada, 3. Krama, 4. Jata, 5. Maalaa, 6. Sikha, 7. Rekha, 8. Dhwaja, 9. Danda,10. Ratha,11. Ghana.
The Utkala Brahmins who were specialized in Danda Patha of the Vedas (Śruti) were ordained Dandapath alternative spelling Dandapat titles.

It is also a military title given to the soldiers/leader of a military contingent and also landlords of the Utkala kingdom. 
In view of the above reason Dandapata surnames are found among Utkal Brahmins of Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Raju caste[Raju is a Telugu language variant of the Sanskrit title Raja, a term for a monarch or princely ruler]Kshatriya(क्षत्रिय) of Odisha & Andhra Pradesh and Sadgop  & some other caste of West Bengal,  and some other caste of other states. Due to this reason among Dandapat surname Gotra, Pravara, Sutra, Sakhas are different. 

It is relevant to mention here Dandapath alternative spellings include Dandapat or Dandapata is neither caste nor a family. It is only a honorific title (उपाधि/पदवी)। यह केवल एक उपाधि/पदवी है ,जैसे कि - Padma Bhushan - पद्म भूषण, Bidya Bhushan" विद्याभूषण, इत्यादि .

I dedicate this article to my son ৺late Akash Mahanty  
author of Waybackpy,Videohash, etc
Appreciation Mail of  Jeremie Lumbroso
lecturer Princeton University. USA

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1.Reference-The Genesis of Utkal Brahmin.
2.Family historian.
Comment of Author:-
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