Adrija
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Adrija (अद्रिज) was a Mahabharata tribe mentioned with Yaudheyas in Dronaparva of Mahabharata (I.59.5).[1]
Origin
- Adrija (अद्रिज) means 'mountain-born'
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Adran (आदराण) (Jat clan) → Adrija (अद्रिज). Adrija (अद्रिज) was a Mahabharata tribe mentioned with Yaudheyas in Dronaparva of Mahabharata (I.59.5).[2]
History
Buddha Prakash[3] mentions....The Yaudheyas are mentioned with the Parshus or Persians by Panini (V, 3, 117). The Mahabharata (II, 48, 14-15) brackets them with the Sibis and Traigarttas and, at another place (VII, 159, 5), with the Adrijas, Madrakas and Malavas, and the Puranas connect them with the Ushinaras of East Panjab (F. E. Pargiter, Markandeya Purana, p. 380). Varahamihira refers to them along with the Arjunayanas, Rajanyas, Malavas etc. (Brihatsamhita, XIV,28)
Tej Ram Sharma[4] writes....In the Mahabharata, [5] the Yaudheyas are described as having been defeated by Arjuna, along with the Malavas and Trigartas. In the Sabhaparvan,[6] the Yaudheyas together with the Sibis and the Trigarttas are represented as having paid homage to Yudhisthira. In the Dronaparvan, [7] we find that an epithet 'Adrija' meaning 'mountain-born', is used for the Yaudheyas.
References
- ↑ यौधेयानद्रिजान् राजन् मद्रकान् मालवानपि (I.59.5)
- ↑ यौधेयानद्रिजान् राजन् मद्रकान् मालवानपि (I.59.5)
- ↑ Buddha Prakash: Evolution of Heroic Tradition in Ancient Panjab, X. The Struggle with the Yavanas, Sakas and Kushanas, p.105
- ↑ Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions/Tribes,p.172
- ↑ Dronaparvan 7/18/16; Karnaparvan 8/4/46.
- ↑ Sabhaparvan 2/48/1 3.
- ↑ I.59.5 : यौधेयानद्रिजान् राजन् मद्रकान् मालवानपि । B.C. Law, Tg, p.75 f.n. 5: There is no mention in Sorensen's Index to the Mahabharata of 'Adrija' used as the name of a tribe.
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