Goswami is an Indian title and surname.The Sanskrit compound Goswami could mean either "lord of the senses" or "lord of cows".[1] Goswamis are mainly belongs to ,Brahmins ,Pandits and Jogies in different different states (Bengal,Assam,Tripura,Uttar Pradesh,Hariyana,Punjab,Rajasthan etc) of india.Goswami can also refer to an individual from the Brahmincaste of the Hindu religion.Goswami community members of Bengal,Assam,Tripura belong to Brahmincaste under the Hindu Varna system.

About Bengali Goswamis :

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 Hindu family name found among the Bengali Brahmins common among residents of the Indian state of West Bengal and also in Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest surnames of Bengal.

The Gotras of Bengali Goswamis are :

Bharadwaja, Vatsya Gotra, Kashyapa, Sabarna or Savarna, Shandilya.

Previous Answer By - Mr. Tarun Goswami.

Goswami's are vaidik arya Brahmins born of the ultimate deity Lord Shiva to promote adhyatma (spritualism) in the universe to protec the divine against evil in das disas [10 sides viz. north, east, south, west, north-east (ishan-kon) etc.] hence called dasnam brahmins also. Goswamis have been mentioned in vedas, ramayana, mahabharata, puranas, ramcharit manas. This race originated from 10 sons of shiva and parvati named bharti, giri, saraswati, puri, parvat, ashram, tirth, sagar, aranya and van all given a responsibiity to protect and protect the dharm in one particular side or disha like bharti to protect north-east or ishan the most piush disha. During recent centuries ordinary brahmins mishra, chatterjee, ayangar, joshi, bhatt, namburi, etc. born of brahma and even other who took sanyas started using this surname. Goswami's are the only brahmin-hindu cast present in afghanistan, baluchistan, nepal, china, tibet, berma, lanka, and all across india from kashmir to tamilnadu, kachch-gujarat to kamakhya-asam. They are the heighest class of mahants, purohits though they avoid ordinary pujas like shadi karana, maran-janm sanskar .

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