Bairagi/Bairagi Bawa
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Bairagi/Bairagi Bawa
Synonyms: Bairagi Bostom, Bostom [Bihar and/or Jharkhand] Rajput, Thakur [Madhya Pradesh and/or Chhattisgarh] Baishnav [Orissa] Baishnaba, Bostom [West Bengal] Groups/subgroups: Goswami, Grihasdia, Ranayat, Sahajia [Bihar and/or Jharkhand] Acharya, Madhavacharya, Nimayut, Ramanuj or Ramayut [West Bengal] Madhavacharya, Nimanandi, Nimat or Nimbaditya, Ramanuji, Vallbhacharya or Vishnuswamy [Nanjundayya and Iyer]
- Sects: Madhvacharya, Nimawat, Ramanuju or Sri Vaishnava, Vishnuswami [W. Crooke]
- Sub-divisions: Madhavachari, Nimanandi, Ramanandi, Vishnuswami [H.A. Rose]
- Subcastes: Baba Lali, Gharandasi, Haridasi, Murar Panthi, Samdari, Tulsidasi [H.A. Rose]
Subgroups: Madavacharya, Nimawat, Ramanandi [W. Crooke]
- Subsects: Baba Lali, Charandasi, Hari Dasi, Murar Panthi, Simsaudasi, Sorndasi, Tulsi Dasi [H.A. Rose]