Suyama: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
---- | ---- | ||
'''[[Suyāmā]] (सुयामा)''' were ancient people mentioned by [[Panini]] in [[Ashtadhyayi]] and in [[Mahabharata]]. | '''[[Suyāmā]] (सुयामा)''' were ancient people mentioned by [[Panini]] in [[Ashtadhyayi]] and in [[Mahabharata]]. | ||
== Jat clans == | |||
== Mention by Panini == | == Mention by Panini == | ||
[[Suyama]] (सुयामा) is mentioned by [[Panini]] in [[Ashtadhyayi]]. <ref>[[V. S. Agrawala]]: [[India as Known to Panini]], 1953, p.50</ref> | [[Suyama]] (सुयामा) is mentioned by [[Panini]] in [[Ashtadhyayi]]. <ref>[[V. S. Agrawala]]: [[India as Known to Panini]], 1953, p.50</ref> | ||
== | == In Mahavansa == | ||
*[[Suyama]] is mentioned in [[Mahavansa]] [[Mahavansa/Chapter 31|Ch.31]]. | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
[[V. S. Agrawala]]<ref>[[V. S. Agrawala]]: [[India as Known to Panini]], 1953, p.50</ref> writes that [[Ashtadhyayi]] of [[Panini]] mentions janapada '''[[Sauvīra]]''' (सौवीर) (IV.1.148). [[Panini]] mentions [[Sauvira]] and gives valuable social history of the region.It was home of many Gotras - [[Phantahriti|Phāṇṭahṛiti]], [[Mimata]], [[Bhagavitti|Bhāgavitti]], [[Tarnabindava|Tārṇabindava]], [[Akashapeya|Akaśapeya]], [[Yamunda]] and [[Suyama|Suyāmā]]. [[Bhagavitti|Bhāgavitti]] may be identified with the present [[Bugti]] tribe on the northern border of [[Sind]]. Panini mentions [[Sharakara|Śarakarā]] (modern [[Sukkur]] on the [[Indus]]) as a town (IV.2.83). Pali literature mentions [[Rauruka]] (modern [[Rori]] in [[Upper Sind]] as the capital of [[Sauvira]]. | [[V. S. Agrawala]]<ref>[[V. S. Agrawala]]: [[India as Known to Panini]], 1953, p.50</ref> writes that [[Ashtadhyayi]] of [[Panini]] mentions janapada '''[[Sauvīra]]''' (सौवीर) (IV.1.148). [[Panini]] mentions [[Sauvira]] and gives valuable social history of the region.It was home of many Gotras - [[Phantahriti|Phāṇṭahṛiti]], [[Mimata]], [[Bhagavitti|Bhāgavitti]], [[Tarnabindava|Tārṇabindava]], [[Akashapeya|Akaśapeya]], [[Yamunda]] and [[Suyama|Suyāmā]]. [[Bhagavitti|Bhāgavitti]] may be identified with the present [[Bugti]] tribe on the northern border of [[Sind]]. Panini mentions [[Sharakara|Śarakarā]] (modern [[Sukkur]] on the [[Indus]]) as a town (IV.2.83). Pali literature mentions [[Rauruka]] (modern [[Rori]] in [[Upper Sind]] as the capital of [[Sauvira]]. | ||
Revision as of 05:08, 14 November 2018
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Suyāmā (सुयामा) were ancient people mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi and in Mahabharata.
Jat clans
Mention by Panini
Suyama (सुयामा) is mentioned by Panini in Ashtadhyayi. [1]
In Mahavansa
History
V. S. Agrawala[2] writes that Ashtadhyayi of Panini mentions janapada Sauvīra (सौवीर) (IV.1.148). Panini mentions Sauvira and gives valuable social history of the region.It was home of many Gotras - Phāṇṭahṛiti, Mimata, Bhāgavitti, Tārṇabindava, Akaśapeya, Yamunda and Suyāmā. Bhāgavitti may be identified with the present Bugti tribe on the northern border of Sind. Panini mentions Śarakarā (modern Sukkur on the Indus) as a town (IV.2.83). Pali literature mentions Rauruka (modern Rori in Upper Sind as the capital of Sauvira.
In Mahabharata
External links
References
- ↑ V. S. Agrawala: India as Known to Panini, 1953, p.50
- ↑ V. S. Agrawala: India as Known to Panini, 1953, p.50