Viranaka
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Viranaka (वीरणक) or Varanaka (वारणक) was a Nagavanshi King of the period of Mahabharata. Virana (वीरण) is name of a place mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi.
Jat Gotras
Bikarwal (बीकरवाल) Bikarwar (बिकरवार) is gotra of Jats found in Madhya Pradesh started from their ancestral mahapurusha Viranaka (वीरनक) of Nagavansh. [1]
Mention by Panini
Virana (वीरण), Var. Viranaka (वीरणक)), is name of a place mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi under Rishyadi (ॠश्यादि) (4.2.80.3) group. [2]
Virana (वीरण), ushira (उशीर), is mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi. [3]
Viranavati (वीरणावती) is mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi. [4]
In Mahabharata
Adi Parva, Mahabharata/Mahabharata Book I Chapter 57 gives the Names of all those Nagas that fell into the fire of the snake-sacrifice: Varanaka is the Naga of race of Dhritarashtra in verse (I.57.17). [5]....Varahaka, Varanaka, Sumitra, Chitravedaka, Parashara, Tarunaka, Maniskandha and Aruni.
Virana (वीरण) is mentioned in Adi Parva, Mahabharata verse (I.41.4) (I.45). [6]
History
Rajatarangini[7] tells us....Sussala's enemies gave up the pursuit as he, with twenty or thirty followers, entered Viranaka, a town of the Khashas. Without raiment or food, attended with a few followers, he stopped there, and without fear attacked and chastised the Khashas. (p.35)
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ V. S. Agrawala: India as Known to Panini, 1953, p.502
- ↑ V. S. Agrawala: India as Known to Panini, 1953, p. 215
- ↑ V. S. Agrawala: India as Known to Panini, 1953, p. 42
- ↑ वराहकॊ वारणकः सुमित्रश चित्रवेदकः, पराशरस तरुणकॊ मणिस्कन्धस तथारुणिः Mahabharata (I.57.17)
- ↑ एकतन्त्व अवशिष्टं वै वीरण स्तम्बम आश्रितान, तं च तन्तुं शनैर आखुम आददानं बिलाश्रयम Mahabharata (I.41.4)
- ↑ Kings of Kashmira Vol 2 (Rajatarangini of Kalhana)/Book VIII,p.35
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