Kayastha
. Chitragupt Maharaj Progenitor of the Kayasthas Left: Devi Sudakhina and four Sons, Right: Devi Iravati & Eight Sons Kāyastha or Kayasth ( Hindi : कायस्थ ) is a caste /ethnic-group of India. They are the only sect who are referred to as direct descendants of a Vedic God in the religious texts and the only ancestor worshipping sect of Hinduism also called Chitranshi/Devputra [1] . They are said, in the Vedas and Puranas , to have a dual-caste status i.e. Brahmin and Kshatriya . They are mainly spread across North India and are a sub-sect of Brahmins whose ancient profession was writing [2] [3] [4] [5] The Sanskrit dictionary at Hindunet.org defines Kayastha as follows: ka_yastha, ka_yata a man belonging to the writer-caste; a tribe of bra_hman.as whose employment is writing (Ka.)(Ka.lex.) . BRAHMINS by vedah.net is an arctic