Sannigrahi Surname.
Sannigrahi Surname (ষন্নিগ্রহী):- Sannigrahi is a surname (उपनाम/कुलनाम ) mostly found among Utkal Brahmins of Bankura in the Indian state of West Bengal , and rarely found in other parts of India and abroad. According to the opinion of most of the Sannigrahi Brahmins, Utkal Brahmins who defeated six Ripu ( Shada Ripu ) are conferred, the Sannigrahi title. In Bengali -কাম,ক্রোধ, লোভ,মোহ, মদ ও মাৎসর্য এইছয় রিপুকে যে ব্রাহ্মণ সংবরণ /দমন করতে পারেন তিনিই হলেন ষন্নিগ্রহী ব্রাহ্মণ । In the course of time, this title became the surname(उपनाम/कुलनाम ) and the later generations inherited it. Shadripu /Shada Ripu ( Sanskrit :षड्रिपु). Arishadvarga or Shadripu /Shada Ripu (Sanskrit:षड्रिपु) meaning the six enemies. Shada Ripu is the six enemies of the mind, which are: kama (lust), krodha (anger), lobha (greed), Mada (arrogance), moha (delusion), and 'matsarya (jealousy); the negative characteristics of man. *It is pertinent to mention here, Balaram Sannigrahi is said to b...