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Niyogi Brahmins are those Brahmins who took up various secular vocations including military activities and gave up religious vocation, especially the priesthood.
Niyogi Brahmins were associated with administration, economics, literature, screen writing, film direction, music composing, play back singing, politics, scholarly, scientific and defence careers.〔(Sanatha Dharma, Religion, Gothra, Sages, Saints & Rishis of Vedic Era )〕〔Ancient India: a history of its culture and civilization, Damodar Dharmanand Kosambi, p. 166-170〕
==Etymology==
According to Jogendranath Bhattacharya, the word ''Niyogi'' is derived from Yoga, which means "religious contemplation" or "meditation", as opposed to Yaga, which means "religious sacrifice". ''Niyogin'' in Sanskrit also means "employed" or "appointed" and it is probable that Niyogis were given this name because they accept secular employment.〔Hopkins, Religions of India, p. 192 states: "As to the fees, the rules are precise, and the propounders of them are unblushing.〕
In the past, Niyogis were ministers in the courts of kings and feudal lords, zamindars and talukdars. Sometimes Niyogis were well-off farmers with ownership of land acreage holdings.They owned thousands of acres until the land ceiling act was introduced.〔P. 201, ''Professor A.L. Basham, My Guruji and Problems and Perspectives of Ancient'', by Sachindra Kumar Maity〕
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