Malviya

Malviya (मालवीय) is gotra of Jats in Rajasthan.

Origin

This gotra is said to be originated from Malwa.

History

Hukum Singh Panwar (Pauria) writes that: Here we refer again to Varahamihira who gives somatometric traits or anthropometrical description of five great men Hansa, Sasa, Rucaka, Bhadra and Malavya to serve as specimen.

Varahamihira divides human beings (Indians) into five standardised types to guide sculptors and gives details of their physical features for the benefit of those practising the art of sculpture in fine arts¹⁸¹. The names of the five men chosen by Varahamihira point to their respective

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homonymous tribes, which are described by the classical writers and the Epics. The physionomical details of the five great men are given below.

Hukum Singh Panwar (Pauria) writes that:

Malavya, ¹⁸² "The height, the distance (span) from the tip of the index finger of the right hand, across the chest, to that of the left hand when his arms are expanded horizontally and the girth are all equal, i.e. 108 angulas or 81 inches; elephantine (long) nose, hands touching the knees, limbs and joints full and fleshy, even and handsome body, slender waist, face 13 angulas in height, ear lobe 10 angulas apart from the chin, shining eyes, beautiful cheeks, equal and white teeth, and lower lip not too fleshy, Visnudhammotama¹⁸³ gives the height as 104 angulas and the complexion of Malavya as dark like mudga (mung] pulse (kidney bean) with very beautiful body. Thickness of their lips and colour of their skin have lead an ethnologist, Dr. K.K. Das Gupta¹⁸⁴, to conclude that "the Mallavas may not be pure Nordic, nor pure Australoid, as the Malviyas are, according to him, fair and handsome people". As the name indicates, Varahamihira¹⁸⁵ describes him as the prospective ruler of the Mallavas, Bharukachha, Lata, Sindhu and the Paryatra mountain and his age is fixed at 70 years.

Reference

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