History

It related to Brahmin’s holly book of ‘’Vedas’’ and it's history. The origin of the Brahmin are from the ‘’devdut’’ people. They have written the holly book named ‘’ Bedanga’’. They used to pray koti-koti to the God(vagawan). Those were also know as Dev-koti. Later they used to call as devkota. Some one of them start to write sharma as their surname as well as some other wrote ‘’devkota’’, in the ancient history. In Nepal, Laxmi Prasad Devkota is known for his poetry and artistic writings. He is well-known to the Nepalese citizens because he is considered MAHA KABI(Great poet) of Nepal.
The 'Devkota' is the root of the Brahmin (वाहुन) community. They divided into different Brahmin groups.
In Nepal, there are Kanyakubja Brahmins and Kumaoni Brahmin. Most of the Brahmin community in Nepal belongs to Kanyakubja Brahmins and rest are Kumaoni Brahmin. They moved northward and eastward along Uttar Pradesh of India , Western Tibet, the Himalayan foothills from Kashmir and Kumao/Garwal. They settled first in the Karnali River basin, then the Gandaki and finally the Kosi basin and into Sikkim and Bhutan.^{[citation needed]}
There are references about Brahmins of Nepal in bansawali and purans. By tradition—and by civil law until 1962—they represented the highest of the four Hindu varna or castes.^{[citation needed]} Bahuns from the "hills" have been represented disproportionately in Nepal's education system, political parties and civil service since the country was unified by Prithvi Narayan Shah and his heirs in the 18th century.^{[citation needed]}
Very often, Khas Bahuns can be identified by their middle names being Dev (देव), Nath (नाथ), Mani (मणि), Raj (राज), Prasad (प्रसाद), Devi (देवी) or Kumari (कुमारी). They never use bahadur (बहादुर) in their names because it is associated mainly with Chhetris (Kshatriya) and "martial tribes".