Shavala

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

Shavala (शवल) (Savala) or Shabala (शबल) is a Nagavanshi mahapurisha.

Jat Gotras originated from Shavala

Siwach - Siwach (सिवाच) or Siwayach (सिवायच) gotra Jats are found in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Siwayach (सिवायच) gotra of Jats originated from Nagavanshi mahapurusha Shavala (शवल). ^[1]

Siyol - Siyol (सियोल) is gotra of Jats found in Distt Barmer, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Jalor in Rajasthan. Also found in Gujarat. They are descendants of Nagavanshi mahapurusha Shavala (शवल). ^[2]

Shabala (शबल), Shavala (शावल) is name of a place mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi under Krishashvadi (कृशाश्वादि) (4.2.80.2) group. ^[3]

Adi Parva, Mahabharata/Mahabharata Book I Chapter 35 mentions the names of the principal Nagas. Shabala is mentioned in verse (शबल)(I.35.7).^[4].... The Nagas Nila, Anila, Kalmasha, Savala, Aryaka, Shala, Potaka,....

↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihas (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998, p.284
↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihas (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998
↑ V. S. Agrawala: India as Known to Panini, 1953, p.503
↑ नीलानीलौ तथा नागौ कल्माषशबलौ तथा, आर्यकश चादिकश चैव नागश च शल पॊतकः Mahabharata (I.35.7)