Saras

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

Saras (सारस) is a gotra of Jats.

Origin

Sarasa (सरस) is a place name mentioned by Panini under Sakhyadi (सख्यादि) (4.2.80.9) group. Clan may get name from it.

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Saras = Sarus (Pliny.vi.3)
• Saras = Sarraceni = Arraeeni (Pliny.vi.32)

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions Arabia....Up to the Nabatæi⁴⁶ the ancients joined the Thimanei; at present they have next to them the Taveni, and then the Suelleni, the Arraeeni⁴⁷, and the Areni⁴⁸, whose town is the centre of all the commerce of these parts.

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46 Whose chief city was Petra, previously mentioned.

47 Supposed by some writers to have been the ancestors of the Saracens, so famous in the earlier part of the middle ages. Some of the MSS., indeed, read "Sarraceni."

48 Their town is called Arra by Ptolemy.

Villages named Saras

• Saras is a village in Ichhawar tahsil in Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.
• Saras Ka Gurha - Village in Kumbhalgarh (कुम्भलगढ़) tahsil in Rajsamand district in Rajasthan.
• Saras - Village in Mat tahsil in Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh.

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