Talk:Bengali Goswami

Bengali Goswami (Bengali: গোস্বামী । 1.গোসমূহের বা পৃথিবীর অধিপতি বা রক্ষক (the lord or the protector of cows or of the earth); 2.প্রভু (a master); 3.ঈশ্বর (God); 4.ধর্মোপদেষ্টা (a religious teacher); 5.বৈষ্ণগুরু ও ভক্তশ্রেষ্ঠদের উপাধিবিশেষ (a title of a vaishnava preceptor and chief among devotees); 6.বৈষ্ণব গুরুবংশীয় ব্রাহ্মণদের উপাধিবিশেষ (a title of Brahmins of the vaishnava guru family )); is a Bengali Hindu family name found among the Bengali Brahmins common among residents of the Indian state of West Bengal and also in Bangladesh under Varna (Hinduism). It is one of the oldest surnames of Bengal.

The common Gotras of Bengali Goswamis are : Bharadwaja, Vatsyayan Gotra, Kashyap, Sabarna or Savarna, Shandilya.

(SAMSADA BANGLA ABHIDHANA By - Sailendra Biswas (Page No -261)[online] )
 * http://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/romadict.pl?query=গোস্বামী&table=biswas-bangala
 * http://www.ovidhan.org/b2b/গোস্বামী