Brahmana family (CC and other books)

Expressions researched:
"brahmana" |"brahmana" |"brahmana's" |"brahmanas" |"brahminical" |"families" |"family"

Notes from the compiler: G112 VedaBase query: "brahmana* family"@5 or "brahmana* families"@5 or "brahminical family"@5 or "brahminical families"@5

CC Adi-lila

CC Adi 7.45, Purport:

Lord Caitanya stayed at the house of Candraśekhara, a clerk, although a sannyāsī is not supposed to reside in a śūdra's house. Five hundred years ago, especially in Bengal, it was the system that persons who were born in the families of brāhmaṇas were accepted as brāhmaṇas, and all those who took birth in other families—even the higher castes, namely, the kṣatriyas and vaiśyas—were considered śūdras, non-brāhmaṇas. Therefore although Śrī Candraśekhara was a clerk from a kāyastha family in upper India, he was considered a śūdra.