Panchal
Panchal or Panchal Brahmin is a collective term for a variable range of artisanal Indian caste groups claiming themselves as Brahmins,panjabrahmana' ( manu, maya, twoshta, shilpi, viswajna ) were some of the five-based 'panjagotra' ( Sanaga, Sanatana, Abhuvana, Pratanasa, Suparna ) aspects of this prelapsarian reality with the 'panjavedas' ( Rig veda, Yajur veda, Sama veda, Atharva veda, Pranava veda ) According to Louis Dumont, it is derived from the word "panch", meaning "five", and refers to communities that have traditionally worked as blacksmiths, carpenters, goldsmiths, stonemasons and coppersmith. These groups include the Lohars and Suthars of South India. David Mandelbaum noted that  the name had been assumed by the blacksmiths, carpenters, coppersmiths, goldsmiths and stonemasons of South India as a means towards achieving social upliftment, calling themselves "Panchala" and claiming that they are Brahmins who descend from Vishwakarma. They do, however, believe that they are equal among themselves: they perceive distinctions between their various occupational groups.