Agi

Agi (अगि) (Aggi) is a gotra of Jats.

Origin

• According to Jat Historians Agi gotra started from a Jat named Aksha (अक्ष) in Shloka 53, but according to another view, they are considered as descendants of rishi Agastya. (See - Shalya Parva, Mahabharata/Book IX Chapter 44)

• Agi clan may have started from Aggibrahma mentioned in Mahavansa/Chapter 5.

• Rajatarangini tells us that Nara II was succeeded by his son Aksha who also reigned for sixty years. He built a holy place called after his name Akshavala. Agi originated from Aksha.

In Mahabharata

Mahabharata Shalya Parva mentions names of combatants armed with diverse weapons and clad in diverse kinds of robes and ornaments, All of them came to the ceremony for investing Kartikeya with the status of generalissimo. Shalya Parva in Sanskrit mentions in shloka 53, 54 Aksha along with Kanchaps, Kundus, and Jat as under:

द्रॊण शरवाः कपिस्कन्धः काञ्चनाक्षॊ जलं धमः

अक्षसंतर्जनॊ राजन कुनदीकस तमॊ ऽभरकृत ।। 53 ।।

एकाक्षॊ द्वादशाक्षश च तदैवैक जटः परभुः

सहस्रबाहुर विकटॊ वयाघ्राक्षः कषितिकम्पनः ।। 54 ।।

History

Sumerian King List includes Dynasty of Akshak (ca. 25th – 24th century BC).

They are mentioned by Cunningham in an inscription at the Buddhist Stupa of Sanchi of the Ashoka period as under: No. 17. — Sono-Devaya-parijaya Agiḍoviyadha-dānam.

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Tej Ram Sharma describes some names ending in la. He mentions from Udayagiri Cave Inscription of the time of Kumaragupta I of Gupta Year 106 (=A.D. 425) a name such as Samghila, who was a soldier who has been mentioned as an 'Ashvapaty. We find Agila (Agi Jat clan), Satila (Satalya Jat clan), Nagila (Nagil Jat clan), Yakhila (Jakha Jat clan), in Sanchi inscriptions.. Probably these indicate Jat clan names mentioned in brackets.

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Tejram Sharma gives details about the kings of Aryavarta defeated by Samudragupta. According to Panini, a polysyllabic name was sometime shortened in order to express affection. Thus in the case of names ending in 'ila' we find:

Devila being derived from Devadatta;

Yajnila and Yajnadatta;

Makhila from Makhadeva;

Agila from Agnidatta ;

Satila from Svatidatta;

Nagila from Nagadatta, and

Yasila, Yakhila from Yaksadatta. Similarly

Matila can be formed from Matideva or Matidatta.

In Mahavansa

Aggi - Mahavansa/Chapter 5 tells that .... A nephew of the monarch known by the name Aggibrahma was the consort of the king's daughter Samghamitti and the son of these two (was) named Sumana. He (Aggibrahma) also craved the king's leave and was ordained together with the prince.

Aggi - Mahavansa/Chapter 35 tells ....The Cayanti and the Rajappala-tank, the Vaba and the Kolambagamaka, the Mahanikkhavatii-tank and the Maharametti, the Kohãla and the Kali-tank, the Cambuti, the Citthamangaijia and the Aggivaddhamanaka: these twelve tanks and twelve canals King Vasabha constructed, to make (the land) fruitful.

References

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