Basnet Explained

Basnet
Language:	Nepali, Doteli, Kumaoni
Language origin:	Khas
Origin:	Karnali, Nepal
Meaning:	Warrior
Variant:	Basnyat, Basnet
See also:	Thapa, Rana, Karki, Khadka

Basnet/Basnyat (Nepali: बस्‍नेत/बस्न्यात) is a surname of Khasas of Nepal and India.^[1] It is commonly found among Jharra Chhetri community.^[2]

There are five different branches of Basnets in Nepal:

• The Shreepali (Sripali) Jumli Basnets of Jumla bharadwaja later Gorkha.
• The Khaptari (Khaptadi Basnyat)King of Khaptad Raghuvanshi Kshatriya Kaushik gotriya
• The Lamichhane; Garga gotriya Basnets

Notable people with surname Basnet

See main article: List of people with surname Basnet.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Basnet Family Name. 25 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180115065112/http://www.nameslist.org/surname/Basnet. 15 January 2018. dead.
2. Book: Dynamics of a hill society: Nepalis in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas. Subba, Tanka Bahadur. 1989. Mittal Publications. 9788173041143. Some of the Chhetri clans are Adhikari, Baniya, Basnet, Bist, Bohra, Bura or Burathoki,Chouhan, Karki, Khadka, Khulal, Mahat, Raut, Rana, Rayamajhi, Rathour, Roka, Thapa, etc..