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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Kulkarni is a Marathi Brahmin surname common amongst Deshastha Brahmins, the CKP community, and Karhade Brahmins of Maharashtra. “Kulkarni” is also a Brahmin surname in a few parts of northern Karnataka. The name "Kulkarni" is a combination of two words (kula and karni). Kula means "family", and Karanika means "archivist". Historically, Kulkarni was the title given to the village record keeper.<ref name="Bloch1970">Template:Cite book</ref>

As per the historian P.J. Marshall, both Kulkarni and Deshpande were specialized scribes who "served great households and enhanced other, familiar, administrative mechanisms at their disposal".<ref name="Marshall2005">Template:Cite book</ref>

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Before British rule, the Maharashtra region was divided into many revenue divisions. The medieval equivalent of a county or district was the pargana. The chief of the pargana was called Deshmukh and record keepers were called Deshpande.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Gandhi's Tiger and Sita's Smile: Essays on Gender, Sexuality, and Culture - Google Books">Template:Cite book</ref> The lowest administrative unit was the village. Village society in Marathi areas included the Patil or the head of the village, collector of revenue, and Kulkarni, the village record-keeper. These were hereditary positions. The Patil usually came from the Maratha caste. The Kulkarni was usually from literate communities such as Brahmin (mainly from Deshastha<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and the Karhade sub-castes<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>) and CKP castes. The Kulkarni operated at the village level but at a pargana level, the recordkeeper had titles such as Deshkulkarni, Deshpande, or Nadkarni (in Karnataka).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="IWI">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="Tamaskar1978">Template:Cite book</ref> The Kulkarni watans (land rights) were abolished in 1950.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Notable KulkarniEdit

SaintsEdit

  • Dnyaneshwar: Pre-sainthood name Dnyandev Kulkarni (1275–1296)
  • Eknath: Pre-sainthood name Eknāth Kulkarni (1533–1599)
  • Samarth Ramdas: Pre-sainthood name Narayan Kulkarni (Thosar) (1608–1681)
  • Nivruttinath: Pre-sainthood name Nivrutti Kulkarni, elder brother and teacher of Dnyaneshwar
  • Sopan: Pre-sainthood name Sopan Kulkarni
  • Muktabai: Pre-sainthood name Mukta Kulkarni
  • Mahipati: Chronicler of many Indian saints, author of the Bhaktavijaya (1715–1790)

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