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Pandey (Sanskrit Template:Lang-hi) or Pande (पाण्डे pāṇḍe) is a surname of the Hindu Brahmins communities of Northern and Central India as well as of Nepal. In Maharashtra, several Brahmin families have names ending in "-pande", such as "Deshpande" or Sardeshpande. There are also Marathi speaking people of the Vidarbha region with the surname Pande.

The name is also the root of tree Pandeism.

Pandey's : Well known as a Sub Caste in Brahmin's. Works of Pandey's are ; orthodoxy, austerity, and purity; loving-forgiveness and righteousness; and faith along with orthodox beliefs and often violent in behaviour .It is most likely that it is derived from the Sanskrit word paṇḍita (पण्डित (पाण्डेय)), which refers to a 'spiritual scholar' or 'scholar'. Sanskrit word Panditya means "learned man". This sect was derived from a group of so-called "pandits" or spiritual technician who practiced "yajnas" or yagyas and conducted other vedic practices.

Those Brahmin families who specialized in all 4 Vedas came to be known as Chaturvedi (chaturth means 4 in Sanskrit from which it is derived), those who specialized in 3 Vedas came to be known as Trivedi or Tiwari or Tripathi (tri- meaning 3 in Sanskrit), while Dwivedi specialized in 2 Vedas (dwi- meaning 2). Those who only studied the Veda but did not specialize in them came to be known as Pathak, i.e. the reader. Those who specialized in Upanishads were known as Upadhyaya.^{[citation needed]}

The name Pandey (meaning pundit or Expert) indicated Brahmins who specialised in 4 Vedas & as well as Puranas & in preaching vedic knowledge and conducting vedic practices, were instructed by the "pathak" and "upadhyas" which were guided by the vedi's and thus the knowledge of the Vedas,Upnishads plus Puranas.^{[citation needed]} was regulated to people .Pundit(pandey)were conductors of vedic practices and preachers.

The Brahmins in north India is categorized as kanyakubj Brahmin and sarayuparin Brahmins

Pandeys are known as Sarayuparin Brahmins,are North Indian Brahmins residing on the eastern plain of the Sarayu near Ayodhya. Saryupareen families Pandeys, Pathaks and Dikshits were involved solely in the reading and preaching of Vedas and other religious texts, performing yajnas and other religious practice.

Some people also say that the word Pandey is believed to be derived from the word Pandya, which was the oldest dynasty of India and one of the three dynasties of the Ancient Tamil kingdom.^[1] It is believed that the influence of the Pandya rulers in the North and central India because of their successful invasions made the people adopt the name Pandya as a surname. Similar names like "Deshpande" are also believed to be of similar origin by scholars.^[2]

The majority of people with the surname Pandey reside in the North Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Bihar. The surname is also found in states such as Punjab,Joginder Pal Pandey was MLA from Ludhiana in Punjab,also found in Jharkhand & Haryana (primarily in districts such as Yamunanagar,Panipat & Karnal). Depending in the states which they reside they speak the Language. For Eg, Most of the people with Surname Pandey residing in Uttar Pradesh speak Hindi & Awadhi, in Uttaranchal they speak Garhwali, in Madhya Pradesh they speak Bagheli whereas in Punjab they speak Punjabi, whereas in the state of Haryana they speak Hindi & Punjabi.

It can be found outside of India in Guyana, Fiji, Mauritius, Trinidad and Tobago, Bangladesh, Nepal (Dadeldhura, Baitadi,Acham, Kailali, Parbat,Arghakhanchi,Gulmi etc.), Suriname and the EU (within the EU a proprotionately larger amount resides in the UK^[3]).

The surname is found predominantly among the Saryupareen Brahmins, Kanyakubja, Saraswat, Bhumihar Brahmin, Sakaldwipi Brahmin and other Brahmin communities. This is also found in Karnataka's Veershaiva communities as Pande instead of Pandey, Veershaiva community is dominantly spread over north Karnataka state of India and some part of south Maharastra.

The surname Pandey is similar to the surname "Pande" (पाण्डे pāṇḍe), which is used in Gujarat and North India. But in Nepal 'Pandey' is taken differently than 'Pande'. Pandey is used as their surname by pure Brahmans whereas Pande by Chhetriyas. In Maharashtra, several Brahmin families have names ending in "-pande", such as "Deshpande".In Orissa the Brahmins use the surname "Panda" पण्डI. In Gujarat "Pandya" surname has roots to the surname Pandey.

Panday or Ponday surname is used by some modern Brahmins who fled to Madras during the 1857 Mutiny. It is the newer spelling of the surname "Panday", which is found by emigrants in countries which did not adopt the new Indian spelling.^{[citation needed]} An older spelling is Pandy, which is found in literature and the Wester dictionary in relation to the great mutiny. The caste was numerous in the British Indian army due to their valour & bravery and played an important role in the 1857 Mutiny against the British Rule in India during Colonial period.^{[citation needed]}

In Bali island - Indonesia, there are families use Pande as their family name. Balinese usually put their family name in the front side of the name, such as: Pande Putu Krishna Yuktatama; Pande Made Indra Dhananjaya; Pande Nyoman Agus Jaya; Pande Ketut Ariasih.

• Tansen - Ramtanu Pandey, prominent Hindustani classical music composer and musician.
• Mangal Pandey - Father of India's freedom struggle and hero of first war of Indian independence in 1857.
• Basdeo Panday - 5th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (West Indies) from 1995 to 2001
• Kabinga Pande - Minister of Foreign Affairs Zambia (originally hailing from Jabalpur,Madhya Pradesh)
• Chittu Pandey- Freedom fighter from Ballia
• Piyush Pandey- Advertising executive, Mumbai,India.
• Mike Pandey - Wildlife film maker
• Mrinal Pande - Indian journalist, editor, columnist, (TikamGarh,Madhya Pradesh)
• Gyanendra Pandey - Cricketer
• Manish Pandey -Indian cricketer
• Chunky Pandey - Bollywood Film Star
• Prem Chand Pandey - Scientist and Founder Director, NCAOR-Indian Antarctic Program
• Lt.Manoj Kumar Pandey - from Indian Army,awarded Param Veer Chakra (Highest Military Honour in India) for valour displayed in Kargil War & recapturing Hills illegally occupied by Pakistani armed forces disguised as Kashmiri Freedom fighters.
• Nirmal Pandey - Bollywood Actor from Nainital in Uttarakhand
• Damodar Pande - First Prime Minister of Nepal
• V. C. Pande, former Cabinet Secretary and former governor, Bihar and Arunachal Pradesh
• Bhairab Dutt Pande former governor of Punjab and West Bengal (originally from Almora, Uttarakhand state)
• Alvin Soura Pandey - Audio Engineer from Dhaka,Bangladeshi
• Rohini Pande, economist
• Vijay Pande, protein biochemist
• Tansen Pande, singer
• Govind Chandra Pande, historian

• Garhwali people
• Kumauni people

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