Vilwateja
Vilwateja (बिल्वतेज) (Bilvateja) was a Nagavansh King of the period of Mahabharata.[1]
Jats from Vilwateja
Baulya (बौल्या) Vaulya (वौल्या) is gotra of Jats started from their ancestral king Vilwateja (बिल्वतेज) of Nagavansh. [2]
In Mahabharata
Adi Parva, Mahabharata/Mahabharata Book I Chapter 57 tells us the names of all those Nagas that fell into the fire of this snake-sacrifice. Vilwateja (बिल्वतेज) is the Naga of the race of Takshaka.
- तक्षकस्य कुले जातान परवक्ष्यामि निबॊध तान
- पुच्छण्डकॊ मण्डलकः पिण्ड भेत्ता रभेणकः Mahabharata (1.57.7)
- उच्छिखः सुरसॊ दरङ्गॊ बलहेडॊ विरॊहणः
- शिली शल करॊ मूकः सुकुमारः परवेपनः Mahabharata (1.57.8)
References
- ↑ Mahabharata (1.57.7-8)
- ↑ Dr Mahendra Singh Arya, Dharmpal Singh Dudee, Kishan Singh Faujdar & Vijendra Singh Narwar: Ādhunik Jat Itihas (The modern history of Jats), Agra 1998 p. 270
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