Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Dash (Odia ଦାଶ, Devnagari-दाश) is an Odia Brahmin surname who belongs to Utkala Brahmins. Some of them write Dash-Sharma (Sanskrit-दाशशर्मा). (It is to be noted that Bengali Vaidya-Brahmins also have this Dash/Dash-Sharma surname, which suggests that they probably share a common origin.) They are settled throughout Orissa and follow mainly the Shrauta tradition of Hinduism and any form of Vishnu as Kuladevata. A minority of Odia Brahmins sometimes use the shorter form 'Das'. The shorter surname Das is more commonly a Kayastha surname in Orissa and West Bengal. So all family surnames ending as Dash indicate Brahmin ancestry in Orissa, while Das could be of Brahmin ancestry."@en }
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- Dash_(Odia_surname) abstract "Dash (Odia ଦାଶ, Devnagari-दाश) is an Odia Brahmin surname who belongs to Utkala Brahmins. Some of them write Dash-Sharma (Sanskrit-दाशशर्मा). (It is to be noted that Bengali Vaidya-Brahmins also have this Dash/Dash-Sharma surname, which suggests that they probably share a common origin.) They are settled throughout Orissa and follow mainly the Shrauta tradition of Hinduism and any form of Vishnu as Kuladevata. A minority of Odia Brahmins sometimes use the shorter form 'Das'. The shorter surname Das is more commonly a Kayastha surname in Orissa and West Bengal. So all family surnames ending as Dash indicate Brahmin ancestry in Orissa, while Das could be of Brahmin ancestry.".