Kashmiri Pandit Surnames

Stumbled into this fine discussion. A Dogra-Ksatriya (Rajput) I grew up in the Valley thus speak Kashmiri fluently. The name Raina is indigenous to Kashmir and Greater Kashmir and pre-dates Sikhism. Kashmir Valley had Ramachandra Raina (much before Guru Nanak) and Muslim converted Musa Raina both were famous in Kashmir. Most Hindus and Muslims (mostly converted from Kashmiri Hindus) in the Valley are Aryan Central Asians. The Sikhs arrived with Maharaja Ranjit Singh and belong mainly to the Bapha-Sikh group and are originally mostly from Jammu, Punjab, etc. Maharaja Ranjit Singh was a Sandhu Jat. No Jat-Sikhs or Rajput-Sikhs are to be found in the Valley.

Dr. Lalit S. Jamwal
JAMMU TAWI

Little knowledge is dangerous. Raina is indigenous to Kashmir. Read Srivara. I know the roots of Raina. Much chaos is attempted in Aryan Kashmir by the Jewish infiltrated Indian media. P.S. Note this site is a lay one and they have not researched things deeply. All Kashmiris are descendants of Aryan Manu. Our Gotras are based on Aryan Rishis. Family names have no meaning and have often been picked up due to many reasons including professions. See titles such as Magazine, Misri (Sanskrit means mixed), etc. Most of our Muslim brothers are recent converts from Hindus from different castes. Tantrey (Tantrin in Sanskrit soldier), Wani (Wania in Sanskrit, businessman), Butt, Pandits, Rishes.,Sofis. Maliks, etc. are often Brahmin origin. P.S. Study from Kalhana and recent great scholars like Pandit Anand Koul. Note also many names such as Khar (not Kher) are from Sanskrit and Fotedar is spelt erroneously. It is in realty Fotadar a Mughal (Persian) title.

Suresh raina is my favourate crickete plyer number one player of india

According to British Government publication titled " tribes and caste of Punjab and north western frontier area" mentions about Raina Brahmans. It says the Raina Bramins were original inhabitant of the NAGARKOT, the present day Kangra in Himachal Pradesh and are in top ctegary of NAGARKOTIA Saraswat Brahmins.They derive their name as they use to accompany with the army in war field and use to provide logistic support during war to king and Army. The war field in Sanskrit is called the RAN, hence they were called RAINA, the one going to RUN or war field. Thus they are warieri Brahmins hence many of them may have started writing SINGH, but they are pure Saraswat brahmins.

rajinder you says raina are,not pandit ok i appreciate that but if they are not pandit so who are they which caste they belongs

The Raina or Reen who are originated from POONCH Distt. of Kashmir are originally not Brahmins they were brought here frm Punjab(Farmers/Yodha's) by Raja Ranjeet Singh to increase his power at Northern Frontier where the Muslim population was High. The Fact is this the Language of Poonchi Reen/Rainas is more similar with Punjabi than that of Pushto.

Raina - It is stated that the Pandits who originally belonged to Rainawari and later settled down in the main city were known as Raina. Mr. Fauq states that Rainawari was the capital of the famous King Rana Datta 436 A.D.-497 A.D. There was also a large garden of this king situated at the site of present Rainawari and Vari in Kashmiri means a garden. Thus Rainawari meant a garden belonging to the king Ranadatta. Another view expressed is that it, like Razdan, is a corrupted form of the title Rajanaka.

Raina is not a brahmin surname. All here with raina surname are hard to believe on . Raina is used by Dogra people who are kshatriya clan. Rina is used by dogra, some raina living in J&k believe that they are Kashmiri pandit but that does not mean they are brahmin... ANY HINDU IN KASHMIR is called as kashmiri pandit but they are not aa brahmins or real pandits... Suresh raina, indian cricket player, his father Triloki Chand is a Pure raghuvanshi blood of Grhwal . His mother parvesh raina is dogra kshatriya. That does ot mean that he is a brahmin... Like suresh raina, many other raina of J and K belong mainly to dogra clan of kshatriyas... Most of the raina in delhi and mumbai are Dogra rajputs... So this is the fact and no one can avoid it...

many raina's are sikhs but they got converted into sikhs during the time of sikh guru teg bahadur ji.before it they were brahmins.

I am Anup Sharma resident of a tinny village Akhlaspur near Dhariwal distt Gurdaspur of Punjab. My grandfather told me that we are inhabitant of Kashmir &your family migrated during 6th migration of Kashmiri Pandits in 1970 . our ancestors ruled Kashmir in 14th century so we are also called Rajdhan. Pandits inhabited of RainaBari& Rajdhan are same.&one