Sakel
Sakel (सकेल)[1][2] is gotra of Jats in Uttar Pradesh. [3]
Origin
This gotra is reported to have originated from Nagavanshi mahapurusha Shankukarna (शङ्कुकर्ण). [4]
In Mahabharata
The Mahabharata Book 9: Chapter 44 Shalya Parva Kisari Mohan Ganguli, tr. 1883-1896 mentions about the warriors who came to the ceremony for investing Kartikeya with the status of generalissimo. Shankukarna (शङ्कुकर्ण) has been mentioned in shlokas 47 and 52 as under:
- उन्मादं पुष्पथन्तं च शङ्कुकर्णं तदैव च
- परथथाव अग्निपुत्राय पार्वती शुभदर्शना ।। 47 ।।
- unmādaṃ puṣpadantaṃ ca śaṅkukarṇaṃ tathaiva ca
- pradadāv agniputrāya pārvatī śubhadarśanā ।। 47 ।।
- शङ्कुकर्णॊ निकुम्भश च पद्मः कुमुद एव च
- अनन्तॊ द्वादश भुजस तदा कृष्णॊपकृष्णकौ ।। 52 ।।
- śaṅkukarṇo nikumbhaś ca padmaḥ kumuda eva ca
- ananto dvādaśa bhujas tathā kṛṣṇopakṛṣṇakau ।। 52 ।।
History
Distribution in Uttar Pradesh
Notable persons
External links
References
- ↑ Jat History Dalip Singh Ahlawat/Parishisht-I, s.n. स-4
- ↑ O.S.Tugania:Jat Samuday ke Pramukh Adhar Bindu,p.60, s.n. 2340
- ↑ Jat History Thakur Deshraj/Chapter VIII,s.n. 325,p.586
- ↑ Mahendra Singh Arya et al.: Ādhunik Jat Itihas, Agra 1998, p.284
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