Barua people

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← Previous revision Revision as of 09:27, 12 April 2026 Line 23: Line 23: }} }} [[File:Buddhist Temple at Maheshkhali Island.jpg|thumb|Buddhist temple on [[Maheshkhali Island]]]] [[File:Buddhist Temple at Maheshkhali Island.jpg|thumb|Buddhist temple on [[Maheshkhali Island]]]] The '''Barua''' ({{langx|ctg|বড়ুয়া|Boṛua}}; {{langx|rki|မရမာကြီး}}) are a Magh ethnic group<ref name=":1"/> who live in [[Chittagong Division]] in Bangladesh, [[West Bengal]] in India, and [[Rakhine State]] in Myanmar, where they are known as the '''Maramagyi''' or '''Maramagri''', or particularly the '''Magh Barua'''.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OzEOKNPsv2EC |title=Peoples of the Buddhist World: A Christian Prayer Diary |isbn=9780878083619 |last1=Hattaway |first1=Paul |year=2004|publisher=William Carey Library }}</ref> According to [[Rakhine people|Arakanese]] chronology, the Barua Buddhists have lived in Myanmar for over 5,000 years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/bangladesh-txt.htm |title=Buddhist Studies: Theravada Buddhism, Bangladesh |access-date=17 October 2006 |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324223557/http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/bangladesh-txt.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> In Myanmar, '''Barua Maghs''' are classified as one of the seven ethnic groups that make up the [[Rakhine people|Rakhine]] ethnic group. In [[West Bengal]] (India), the Baruas are known as '''Magh''' and are recognised as [[Scheduled Tribe]] (ST).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Majumdar |first=Arup |date=2025 |title=Tribal Education and Gender Gap: A Study of the Scheduled Tribes in West Bengal |url=https://www.arfjournals.com/image/catalog/Journals%20Papers/SCDI/2025/No%201%20(2025)/3_Arup%20Majumder.pdf |journal=Society and Culture Development in India |volume=5 |pages=39–50}}</ref><ref name="SAA">{{Cite journal |last=Chatterjee |first=Aparna |date=2020 |title=Following the Migration Trajectory: Exploring the Ambivalent Origin of Theravadi Buddhists of North Bengal |url=https://www.arfjournals.com/image/catalog/Journals%20Papers/SAAN/2020/No%201%20(202)/7-APARNA%20CHATTERJEE.pdf |journal=South Asian Anthropologist |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=62–3}}</ref> Magh is the general term used for Buddhists in the region.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chatterjee |first=Aparna |title=Following the Migration Trajectory: Exploring the Ambivalent Origin of Theravadi Buddhists of North Bengal |url=https://www.arfjournals.com/image/catalog/Journals%20Papers/SAAN/2020/No%201%20(202)/7-APARNA%20CHATTERJEE.pdf }}</ref> The '''Barua''' ({{langx|ctg|বড়ুয়া|Boṛua}}; {{langx|rki|မရမာကြီး}}) are a Magh ethnic group<ref name=":1"/> who live in [[Chittagong Division]] in Bangladesh, [[West Bengal]] in India, and [[Rakhine State]] in Myanmar, where they are known as the '''Maramagyi''' or '''Maramagri''', or particularly the '''Magh Barua'''.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OzEOKNPsv2EC |title=Peoples of the Buddhist World: A Christian Prayer Diary |isbn=9780878083619 |last1=Hattaway |first1=Paul |year=2004|publisher=William Carey Library }}</ref> According to [[Rakhine people|Arakanese]] chronology, the Barua Buddhists have lived in Myanmar for over 5,000 years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/bangladesh-txt.htm |title=Buddhist Studies: Theravada Buddhism, Bangladesh |access-date=17 October 2006 |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324223557/http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/bangladesh-txt.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> In Myanmar, '''Barua Maghs''' are classified as one of the seven ethnic groups that make up the [[Rakhine people|Rakhine]] ethnic group. In [[West Bengal]] (India), the Baruas are known as '''Magh''' and are recognised as [[Scheduled Tribe]] (ST).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Majumdar |first=Arup |date=2025 |title=Tribal Education and Gender Gap: A Study of the Scheduled Tribes in West Bengal |url=https://www.arfjournals.com/image/catalog/Journals%20Papers/SCDI/2025/No%201%20(2025)/3_Arup%20Majumder.pdf |journal=Society and Culture Development in India |volume=5 |pages=39–50}}</ref><ref name="SAA">{{Cite journal |last=Chatterjee |first=Aparna |date=2020 |title=Following the Migration Trajectory: Exploring the Ambivalent Origin of Theravadi Buddhists of North Bengal |url=https://www.arfjournals.com/image/catalog/Journals%20Papers/SAAN/2020/No%201%20(202)/7-APARNA%20CHATTERJEE.pdf |journal=South Asian Anthropologist |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=62–3}}</ref> Magh is the general term used for Buddhists in the region.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Chatterjee |first=Aparna |title=Following the Migration Trajectory: Exploring the Ambivalent Origin of Theravadi Buddhists of North Bengal |url=https://www.arfjournals.com/image/catalog/Journals%20Papers/SAAN/2020/No%201%20(202)/7-APARNA%20CHATTERJEE.pdf }}</ref>

== Etymology == == Etymology == Line 80: Line 80:

[[Anagarika Dharmapala]] visited Chittagong in 1917, where he influenced a 9-year-old boy, who later became the well-known Pali scholar Prof. Dwijendra Lal Barua.<ref>Sugat Barua, *The Maha Bodhi*, 1891–1991, Volumes 98–99; Maha-Bodhi Society, p. 307</ref>[[File:Dipa Ma IMS.png|thumb|right|[[Dipa Ma]], a prominent Buddhist master in Asia of Barua descent.]] [[File:Barua_Maghs_reading_religious_Buddhist_Scriptures.pdf|thumb|Religious Barua Magh Buddhist Scriptures]] [[Anagarika Dharmapala]] visited Chittagong in 1917, where he influenced a 9-year-old boy, who later became the well-known Pali scholar Prof. Dwijendra Lal Barua.<ref>Sugat Barua, *The Maha Bodhi*, 1891–1991, Volumes 98–99; Maha-Bodhi Society, p. 307</ref>[[File:Dipa Ma IMS.png|thumb|right|[[Dipa Ma]], a prominent Buddhist master in Asia of Barua descent.]] [[File:Barua_Maghs_reading_religious_Buddhist_Scriptures.pdf|thumb|Religious Barua Magh Buddhist Scriptures]]
== Present status == The Barua people are called Maramagyi or Maramagri in Myanmar. They are considered a subgroup of the Rakhine people (also known as Marma in Bangladesh) under Myanmar's 1982 ethnicity law.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Embassy of the Union of Myanmar, Brussels |url=https://www.embassyofmyanmar.be/ABOUT/ethnicgroups.htm |access-date=2026-04-12 |website=www.embassyofmyanmar.be}}</ref>In West Bengal, India, Baruas are considered as Magh tribe.<ref name=":2" />

== Notable Barua == == Notable Barua ==