Munjavata
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Munjavata (मुञ्ज वट) is a Tirtha mentioned in Mahabharata (III.81.18). Mujavat (मूजवत्) is a mountain mentioned in Rigveda where Mujavata (मूजवत) tribe lived.
Origin
Variants
- Mujavat Parvata (मूजवत्) (AS, p.753)
- Mujavata (मूजवत) (AS, p.753)
- Mujavat
- Munjavata (मुञ्ज वट) (Tirtha) in Mahabharata (III.81.18)
- Munja Prishtha (मुंज-पृष्ठ) (AS, p.753)
- Munjavat
Jat Gotras
History
Hukum Singh Panwar (Pauria)[1] writes.... O.P. Bhardwaj locates two more tribes named Mujavats (Munjavats) and Mahavrisas, the former occupying 'the lower part of the narrowing doab of the Rigvedic rivers Saraswati & Drsadvati extending down to their confluence, and the latter lying beyond Vinasana', the place where Saraswati is said to have disappeared (Bhardwaj, 1986, pp. 203-66). The Munjavats, according to him, derived their name from 'munja' (Saccarum munja), a kind of grass which grew in abundance in that region. The Mahavrsas are probably represented by the tribe of the Visanins. Almost all the earlier writers located these people in the lands of the Gandhara & Balhikas in the north. Mr. Bhardwaj, in our opinion, is the first scholar who successfully discounted their findings and correctly placed the two tribes.
मूजवत् पर्वत
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[2] ने लेख किया है ...Mujavat मूजवत् (AS, p.753) ऋग्वेद में उल्लिखित हिमालय का एक पर्वत शृंग. इसे सोम का स्थान माना गया है. अथर्ववेद में गंधारियों (गंधार-निवासी जाति) को मूजवतों के पास में बताया गया है. ये मूजवत् अवश्य ही ऋग्वेद में वर्णित मूजवत् पर्वत के निकटस्थ रहे होंगे. मैकडोनाल्ड (दे.हिस्ट्री ऑफ संस्कृत लिटरेचर,पृ. 140) के [p.754]: अनुसार यह पर्वत कश्मीर के दक्षिण पश्चिम में स्थित पर्वतमाला का एक भाग था. संभवत: महाभारत में इसी को मुंजवट या मुंज-पृष्ठ कहा गया है. मैकडॉनल्ड के मत में ऋग्वेद में हिमालय के केवल इसी शृंग का उल्लेख है.
In Mahabharata
Munjavata (मुञ्ज वट) (Tirtha) in Mahabharata (III.81.18)
Vana Parva, Mahabharata/Book III Chapter 81 mentions names of Tirthas (Pilgrims). Munjavata (मुञ्ज वट) (Tirtha) is mentioned in Mahabharata (III.81.18). [3]....One should next proceed to Munjavata (मुञ्ज वट) (3.81.18), that spot sacred to the illustrious Sthanu. Residing there without food for one night, one obtaineth the status called Ganapatya.
External links
References
- ↑ The Jats:Their Origin, Antiquity and Migrations/The migrations of the Jats to the North-Western countries,pp.222-223
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.753
- ↑ ततॊ मुञ्ज वटं नाम महादेवस्य धीमतः, तत्रॊष्य रजनीम एकां गाणपत्यम अवाप्नुयात (III.81.18)