Jwalajibha

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Jwalajibha (जवाला जिह्व) (Jwalajivha) was a Nagavanshi King of the period of Mahabharata.

Jat Gotras from Jwalajibha

Jewlia (जेवल्या) Jewlya (जेवल्या) Jevalya (जेवल्या) Jaiwalya (जैवल्या) Jawalya (जावल्या) Jewalia (जेवलिया) Jewalya (जेवल्या) Jaiwalia (जैवलया) Jaivalya (जैवालया) Jaiwalia (जैवालिया) Jaiwaliya (जैवालिया) gotra of Jats have originated from Nagavanshi ruler Jwalajibha (जवाला जिह्व). [1]

In Mahabharata

Shalya Parva, Mahabharata/Book IX Chapter 44 mentions about the warriors who came to the ceremony for investing Kartikeya with the status of generalissimo. Jewlia have been mentioned along with very important Nagas like Vasuki and Pannaga in shloka 48 and 56 as under:

जयं महाजयं चैव नागौ जवलनसूनवे
परथथौ पुरुषव्याघ्र वासुकिः पन्नगेश्वरः।।48।।
अजॊदरॊ गजशिराः सकन्धाक्षः शतलॊचनः
जवाला जिह्वः करालश च सितकेशॊ जटी हरिः ।।56 ।।

References

  1. Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihas (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998

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