Ambashtha

Ambashtha or Ambastha is a caste or sub-caste or a community of Hindus in India. According to Hindu scriptures, the term Ambastha refers to the offspring of a Brahmin father and a Vaishya mother, whose traditional occupation was the practice of medicine.

The term Ambastha is now used to describe a particular sub-caste within the Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha community, now found mainly in North-Indian region (Bihar and Jharkhand).

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