Baidya
Baidya or Vaidya is a Hindu caste community of Bengal. The Baidyas have generally claimed Brahmin status, but some have been associated with the Ambashtha caste or sub-caste. In the pre-colonial era of Bengal, Baidyas were regarded as the highest Hindu castes along with Brahmins and Kayasthas.
History
Historian Bijay Chandra Mazumdar suggests that the Baidyas owe their origin to the Vellala Vaidyas, known for their military prowess in Southern India, who started functioning as Brahmins some time earlier than the 10th century CE, and originally got the designation 'Vaidya' on account of their knowledge and study of the Vedas. The Vellala Vaidyas also served as military leaders and high civil officers apart from being priests of the Dravidian kings.
These migrants, probably Ambashthas as well as the other groups like Vellala Vaidyas, started moving from north and south to Bengal during the period of the Pala Empire. They mainly dealt with medicine and other fields of study. Some of them rose to power and endeavoured to revive Vedic Hinduism in predominantly Buddhist Bengal. According to Ronald Inden, Adisur and Vallal Sena of Sena dynasty were considered as Vaidyas. Inden also mentions the Vaidyas as "one of the highest of the Shudra castes", who possessed "one of the Vedas", the Ayurveda. However, they were considered as one of the highest among the Hindu castes in Bengal, and there are instances where they were not considered as Shudras; like Calcutta Sanskrit College, where Shudras were debarred from admission, initially allowed only Brahmins and Baidyas to enroll until Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar introduced the admission for Kayasthas; other Shudra castes were not allowed to study.
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