Five Types Of Shiva Name Panchakshara
The letters are,
Na,
Ma,
Si,
Vaa, and
ya.
नम:शिवाय.
This mantra is a maha mantra and is kept as a secret in the Sri Rudram in the Veda.
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Eka Rishi And Rare Gotras Pravara List
And over a period of years Brahmins have started using their professions as their surnames ,as against the Hindu practice of using Sharma as their surname and for indentification their Pravara/Abhivadan Mantra.
So when one has a surname like Upadhyaya it merely denotes the profession and not a caste.
To find it one has to check the Pravara.
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