Kalmash
Kalmash (कलमाष)[1] is a gotra of Jats.
Origin
They get this name after Kalmasha (कल्माष) Naga ancestor. [2]
Various definitions
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation
Kalmaṣa (कल्मष) refers to “sins” (viz., of the body), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.30. Accordingly as Brahmā narrated to Nārada:—“[...] [Satī] desired to burn off the body and retain the pure wind by yogic means. In this posture she remembered the feet of her lord and nothing else. Her body divested of its sins (hata-kalmaṣa) fell in the yogic fire and was reduced to ashes, O excellent sage, in accordance with her own wish”. Source: Eastern Book Linkers: Harivaṃśa Purāṇa
Kalmāṣa (कल्माष) refrers to one of the ten sons of Tāmasa Manu (of the fourth manvantara), according to the Harivaṃśa-purāṇa 1.7.20-29:—“In the Tāmasa-manvantara there were the gods called Satya. Tāmasa Manu had ten very strong sons, known as Dyuti, Tapasya, Sutapa, Tapomūla, Tapodhana, Taparati, Kalmāṣa, Tanvī, Dhanvī and Paraṃtapa. All of them were owned by vāyu”.
Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places
Kalmāṣa (कल्माष) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.35.7, II.25.6, II.47.4, IX.44.100) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places.
History
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References
- ↑ Dr Ompal Singh Tugania: Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu, p.30,sn-256.
- ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihas (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p. 233
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